Justice Department Will Seek the Death Penalty Against Dylann RoofJE Reich5/24/16 8:35pm13412EditInvite manuallyPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkAttorney General Loretta Lynch publicly stated on Tuesday that the Justice Department will seek the death penalty against Dylann Roof, the suspected perpetrator of the racially-motivated Charleston church shootings that occurred almost a year ago.