Convicted Mass Murderer Dylann Roof Asks Supreme Court to Consider His Death-Penalty Appeal

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

40% : The government announced it would pursue the death penalty and rejected Roof's offer to plead guilty in exchange for life imprisonment.
36% : Roof, who is now on federal death row in Terre Haute, Indiana, fired his lawyers during the penalty phase of his trial and represented himself in order to prevent the presentation of evidence showing he was mentally ill, even though such mitigating evidence may have helped him avoid execution.
34% : The lawyers argued that U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel, an Obama appointee, erred in finding Roof competent to stand trial even though "every defense expert agreed Roof suffered a delusional belief he would be rescued by the victors of a race-war, which prevented him from understanding the threat of execution was real."

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