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Dylann Roof enters the court room at the Charleston County Judicial Center Monday, April 10, 2017, to enter his guilty plea on murder charges in Charleston, S.C. The convicted Charleston church shooter, Roof was given nine consecutive life sentences in state prison after he pleaded guilty to state murder charges Monday, leaving him to await execution in a federal prison and sparing his victims and their families the burden of a second trial. (Grace Beahm/The Post And Courier via AP, Pool)

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Lucie Safarova, of the Czech Republic, follows through on a return to Varvara Lepchenko, of the United States, at the Volvo Car Open tennis tournament in Charleston, S.C., Tuesday, April 4, 2017. (Michael Pronzato/The Post And Courier via AP)

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Bethanie Mattek-Sands, of the United States, celebrates after defeating Sofia Kenin, of the United States, 6-4, 6-4 at the Volvo Car Open tennis tournament in Charleston, S.C., Tuesday, April 4, 2017. (Michael Pronzato/The Post And Courier via AP)

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FOR RELEASE SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 2017, AT 12:01 A.M. EDT. - This photo taken March 20, 2017, shows Citadel Square Baptist church in downtown Charleston, S.C. (Leroy Burnell/The Post And Courier via AP)

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FOR RELEASE SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 2017, AT 12:01 A.M. EDT.-This photo taken March 20, 2017, shows the Second Presbyterian Church in downtown Charleston, S.C. (Leroy Burnell/The Post And Courier via AP)

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FOR RELEASE SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 2017, AT 12:01 A.M. EDT.- This photo taken March 19, 2017, shows parishioners worshipping at Mount Zion AME Church in Charleston,S.C. (Leroy Burnell/The Post And Courier via AP)

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FOR RELEASE SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 2017, AT 12:01 A.M. EDT.- This photo taken March 19, 2017, shows parishioners worshipping at Mount Zion AME Church in Charleston,S.C. (Leroy Burnell/The Post And Courier via AP)

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Joey Meek's family leaves Federal Court in Charleston, S.C., Tuesday, March 21, 2017, after he was sentenced to 27 months for telling others not to report Dylann Roof in the Emanuel AME Church shooting. (Brad Nettles/The Post And Courier via AP)

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Joey Meek's attorney, Deborah Barbier of Columbia, S.C. talks to the media Tuesday, March 21, 2017, after her client was sentenced to 27 months for telling others not to report Dylann Roof in Emanuel AME Church shooting. (Brad Nettles/The Post And Courier via AP)

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Tyrone Sanders the father of, 26-year-old Tywanza speak to the media after the death sentence hearing for Dylann Roof on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017 in Charleston, S.C. (Leroy Burnell/The Post And Courier via AP)

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Family of the late Daniel Simmons Sr., Rose Simmons, left, daughter, former wife Annie Simmons and son Daniel L.Simmons,Jr. speak to the media after the death sentence hearing for Dylann Roof on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017 in Charleston, S.C..(Leroy Burnell/The Post And Courier via AP)

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The Rev. Eric Manning, pastor at Emanuel AME, leaves the Federal Court House after the death sentence hearing for Dylann Roof on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017 in Charleston, S.C. (Leroy Burnell/The Post And Courier via AP)

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The van carrying Dylann Roof leaves the U.S. District Court on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, in Charleston, S.C. An unrepentant Roof was sentenced to death Tuesday for fatally shooting nine black church members during a Bible study session, becoming the first person ordered executed for a federal hate crime. (Grace Beahm/The Post And Courier via AP)

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FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016 file photo, former North Charleston police officer Michael Slager looks away from a video monitor showing him shooting Walter Scott as he testifies during his murder trial at the Charleston County court in Charleston, S.C. Jurors deliberated more than 22 hours over four days before a mistrial was declared. (Grace Beahm/Post and Courier via AP, Pool)