Has anyone noticed that Dylan Roof looks like Gareth in The Office? I expect Mackenzie Crook could get into character and come up with a few imaginative suggestions as to how Roof could be executed.

I'd be interested to know if Roof has brothers and sisters and if so what type of up bringing they had as well as Roof of course.
also has Roofs family condemmed the killings?

I believe that as soon as the shootings were announced on the TV news (almost immediately) along with a photo of the suspect, Roof's father called the police, identified his car and license plate number, as assisted them in helping to track him down as he fled the scene.

So there you go. I think anyone who has children knows they have minds of their own which often in no way reflect on their parents or their upbringing. Believe me, Dylan Roof's family are victims in this tragedy too. I can only imagine how they feel right now, having both "lost" a child and having a child who's a mass murderer simultaneously. Their suffering; a mixture of guilt and despair, must be almost beyond comprehension.

They will feel the same sense of grief as the victims on top of which, rightly or wrongly, they will also feel they are in some way responsible where the victims are simply victims. And they will continue to love Dylan, for all the anguish that doing so will cause them, because that's what families do. It must have taken enormous moral courage for the uncle to call the police in a country that has the death penalty, knowing that so doing would likely contribute to the demise of his nephew. It just goes to show that the line between someone who is a good and courageous person and someone who is evil is wafer thin; they share the same DNA.

If someone goes on a rampage with either a gun, machete or any other weapon that should be a starting point for a whole life tariff regardless of how many people they killed or injured.

I'd put those who plant bombs in the same bracket too, regardless of their "cause".