Federal prosecutors announced Tuesday they were seeking the death penalty against Roof, who is facing hate crimes and other charges. He is also facing a death penalty trial in state court, which is scheduled for next year. In Columbia, the slain pastor of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, state Sen. Clementa Pinckney, was honored with the unveiling of a new portrait in his beloved Senate chamber. "When we look at the portrait of Sen. Pinckney we need to be reminded of both how he lived and why he was killed in a massacre," Sen. Gerald Malloy said. ———This story has been corrected to show that the first name of Cynthia Hurd's husband is Arthur, not Steve.

Source: ABC News May 25, 2016 13:05 UTC