Up next for Dylann Roof: 2nd trial, long death row wait
State prosecutors charged Roof with nine counts of murder and prosecutor Scarlett Wilson declared her intention to seek the death penalty months before federal prosecutors.
Roof's lawyers have consistently pointed out he was willing to plead guilty if the death penalty was taken off the table, which would have severely limited any appeals.
Most family members of victims said they were so wrapped up in the emotionally draining federal trial that they haven't had any chance to begin thinking about the possibility of another exhausting month or more in a courtroom.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Jay Richardson said Wednesday that Roof will likely stay in the Charleston County jail until his state charges are resolved.
[...] the prisons director in South Carolina has said the state's drugs needed to carry out lethal injections have expired and they have been unable to buy a new supply.
The shooting did boost interest in an expansive, high-profile African-American museum in Charleston set to open in 2019 on the site where thousands of slaves stepped off boats on to American soil.