Fury, forgiveness at South Carolina church gunman's sentencing

Dylann Roof is shown in this courtroom sketch in Charleston, South Carolina, U.S., January 10, 2017. REUTERS/Jerry Mcjunkins

CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - White supremacist Dylann Roof, condemned to death for a mass shooting at a Charleston, South Carolina, church, heard forgiveness and fury at his sentencing hearing on Wednesday from grieving loved ones of the nine slain black parishioners.

Some victims' family members called the 22-year-old Roof evil and deserving of the death penalty for the June 17, 2015, attack at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, the oldest African-American congregation in the American South.