美国“教堂杀手”被判处死刑

导读:2015年，南卡罗莱纳州查尔斯顿伊曼纽尔AME教堂发生特大屠杀案。凶手鲁夫五次上弹扫射22名圣经学习小组成员。新年伊始，他被判处死刑。

Dylann Roof was convicted last month of 33 federal charges, including hate crimes, after opening fire on a Bible study group in 2015.

2015年，在向一个《圣经》学习小组开火后，鲁夫于上月被判处犯有33项联邦指控，这其中包括仇恨犯罪。

He remained unrepentant and had told the jury: "I felt like I had to do it and I still feel like I had to do it."

他依然不知悔改，并且告诉陪审团：“我觉得我必须这么做，我仍然觉得我必须这么做。”

The jurors deliberated for nearly three hours before reaching their verdict.

陪审员审议了近三个小时才作出裁决。

The massacre shocked the nation and reignited a debate about race relations.

大屠杀震惊了美国，重燃起关于种族关系的讨论。

Roof told police he wanted to start a race war and he was photographed holding the battle flag, which to many is a symbol of hate.

鲁夫告诉警方，他想展开一场种族战，照片中他高举战旗，对很多人来说，这是憎恨的标志。

The tragedy led to the flag being removed from the South Carolina statehouse, where it had flown for 50 years.

这场悲剧导致在南卡罗来纳州议会大楼前飘扬了半个多世纪之久的“邦联旗”被移走。

Earlier on Tuesday, Roof addressed the jury, saying: "I don’t know what good it would do anyway" if they spared his life.

周二早些时候，鲁夫对陪审团说：“如果他们留下了他的命，他不知道这样做有什么好处。”

The judge will issue a formal sentence on Wednesday morning.

周三早上，法官将发布正式判决。

After the sentence was announced, the 22-year-old killer stood and requested to be appointed new lawyers and to file for a retrial.

审判宣布后，22岁的杀手站立着，要求任命新律师上诉。

US district Judge Richard Gergel replied that he was "strongly disinclined" and instructed Roof to think about it overnight.

美国地区法官理查德回应道，他“极不情愿”，并且指示鲁夫思考一晚上。

Nearly two dozen friends and relatives of those gunned down at the Emmanuel AME Church in Charleston testified during the sentencing phase about how Roof’s crimes have affected their lives.

在量刑阶段，近二十二名在查尔斯顿伊曼纽尔AME教堂中被击毙的受害者的朋友和亲戚出席作证，证明鲁夫的犯罪如何影响了他们的生活。

But none of them had appealed to the jury to return a death sentence.

但是他们没人呼吁法官执行死刑。