Dylann Roof, who shot dead nine black churchgoers who had invited him in to worship with them, has been sentenced to death in South Carolina.
The 22-year-old becomes the first person in the US to be given the federal death penalty for hate crimes.
Roof picked out Charleston's Emanuel AME Church, the South's oldest black church, to target his victims on 17 June, 2015.
It is understood they smiled as they welcomed him in to spend time with them studying the Bible.
About 45 minutes into the study session, as the group closed their eyes to pray, he began firing the Glock .45 he had been carrying.
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