Families of Charleston church shooting victims react to DOJ settlement: "No amount of compensation will ever replace my father's life"
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Family members of those who were killed in the 2015 Mother Emanuel AME Church shooting in South Carolina say the Department of Justice's multimillion-dollar settlement is a step for closure, but no amount of money will ever bring back their loved ones.
"No amount of compensation will ever replace my father's life but it allows me and my sister to have the opportunity to make sure we are doing everything we can to make sure my father's legacy doesn't go away," Reverend Clementa Pinckney's daughter told CBS News.
The 14 settlements equate to a total of $88 million. The DOJ's agreement on Thursday settled a series of lawsuits brought after the FBI acknowledged that a glitch in the background check database and human error allowed convicted murderer and white supremacist Dylann Roof from purchasing a gun before the background check was completed.
