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Murder trial for accused Charleston church shooter begins

The murder trial of Dylann Roof opened in a South Carolina federal courtroom on Wednesday. Roof allegedly killed 12 members of a black church in June of 2015. Defense attorneys are not contesting that Roof committed the murders, but arguing to spare him from the death penalty. Mark Strassmann reports.
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