Dylann Roof letter/envelope 3/10/2020

This auction is for a letter from Charleston Massacre church shooter Dylann Storm Roof. On 6/17/2015, Roof entered the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, shooting 10 parishioner during a bible study, leaving nine dead. The case  immediately became the centerpiece of every media outlet in America. He was arrested the following day in North Carolina, where he would ultimately confess to the crimes, citing race related motives. Roof would later be convicted on multiple federal counts, becoming the first person convicted under the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Hate Crimes Prevention Act. He was sentenced to death on 1/11/2017. In a subsequent South Carolina state trail Roof plead guilty in exchange for multiple life sentences rather than receive a second set of death sentences. Roof, who was 21-years-old at the time of his crimes, has remained unapologetic and has stood by his actions, stating, "I think it's safe to say nobody in their mind wants to go into a chuch and kill people. In my [FBI confession] tape I told them I had to. But it's not true: I didn't have to. No one made me. What I meant was: I felt like I had to do it. I still feel like I have to do it." He currently awaits execution in a U.S. federal prison.

ITEM DESCRIPTION: The missive is one page and signed, "Dylann Roof." The original mailing envelope is postmarked 4/14/2020. The letter and envelope come inside a protective magazine sleeve with an acid free board and have been stored flat. Message me with any questions you might have. Thanks for having a look-see.