releases: http://sanford.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/sanford-comments-on-verdict-in-mother-emanuel-shooting
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| http://sanford.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/sanford-comments-on-verdict-in-mother-emanuel-shooting | Sanford Comments on Verdict in Mother Emanuel Shooting | 2016-12-15 | 2016 | 2016-12 | Republican | House | SC | Mark Sanford | S000051 | sanford.house.gov | legacy | CHARLESTON, SC - Today, Representative Mark Sanford released the following statement after this afternoon's decision by a Charleston jury to find Dylan Roof guilty of all 33 federal charges he faced in the aftermath of last year's massacre at Mother Emanuel AME church: "My prayers continue to go out to the families affected, and I think each one of us needs to find a way to send them a prayer here during the Christmas Season. These families have shown heavenly grace and inspired people from here at home and around the world to ask "how we might then live," in light of the example of grace they have indeed walked. "It will be important that each one of us continues to pray. In this case, that the jurors will have heavenly guidance as the next phase of the trial begins in January, and they decide whether Mr. Roof should be sentenced to death or spend the rest of his life in prison. "For now, though, we should all be thankful that there is peace in Charleston, that our legal processes have worked, and that we are on the road to justice being done in the wake of unimaginable tragedy." | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |