Dylann Roof has been sentenced to death by a jury in South Carolina for the murder of nine black people in a Charleston church.

The justice department said he is the first person to get the death penalty for federal hate crimes.

Roof chose to represent himself for the sentencing phase of the trial, insisting that he was mentally sound and refusing to show any remorse.

Roof, who is white, faced either life in prison or execution for the June 17, 2015 murders.

The jury reached a decision after about three hours of deliberations. Roof was convicted last month of all 33 federal charges against him.