(CNN) Dylann Roof just became the first person convicted of a federal hate crime to get the death penalty -- and he could be sentenced to death in South Carolina state court as well. The federal death penalty was reinstated in 1988 after a 16-year moratorium. Because the federal death penalty didn't exist for much of the 1970s and '80s, there have been far fewer federal death penalty cases tried in recent decades than at the state level. Had he not been facing state charges, Roof would go to the federal death row facility in Terre Haute, Indiana. JUST WATCHED The death penalty in America Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH The death penalty in America 01:22Roof's case is unusual because he represented himself for part of his federal trial.

Source: CNN January 12, 2017 13:22 UTC