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Execution Set for DC Sniper

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(Newser) – John Allen Muhammad, the mastermind behind the sniper attacks that rocked the Southeast in 2002, will be executed on Nov. 10, the AP reports. The attorney general’s office had requested a Nov. 9 execution, but a Virginia judge chose to set it a day later so that it would fall on a Tuesday, allowing for last-minute appeals. Muhammad’s lawyer says he’ll appeal to the Supreme Court and ask Gov. Tim Kaine for clemency.

Muhammad killed 10 people during his 2002 massacre, with the help of Jamaican-born accomplice Lee Boyd Malvo. The pair began by killing six in Alabama and Louisiana, before moving to Maryland, DC, and Virginia. Malvo is currently serving a life sentence. Muhammad’s lawyers have argued, so far unsuccessfully, that prosecutors withheld evidence in the case, and that Muhammad shouldn’t have been allowed to represent himself.

Convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad, center, addresses the court prior to being sentenced to death at the Prince William County Circuit Court in Manassas, Va, March 9, 2004.
Convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad, center, addresses the court prior to being sentenced to death at the Prince William County Circuit Court in Manassas, Va, March 9, 2004.   (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
John Allen Muhammad gestures as he address judge James L. Ryan during a media preview before the start of his trial in Rockville, Md. in this April 28, 2006 file photo.
John Allen Muhammad gestures as he address judge James L. Ryan during a media preview before the start of his trial in Rockville, Md. in this April 28, 2006 file photo.   (AP Photo/Chris Gardner, Pool)
In this March 9, 2004 file photo, convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad stands as he is sentenced to death for the shooting of Dean Meyers at the Prince William County Circuit Court in Manassas, Va.
In this March 9, 2004 file photo, convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad stands as he is sentenced to death for the shooting of Dean Meyers at the Prince William County Circuit Court in Manassas, Va.   (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
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pwnage
Sep 16, 09 10:54 AM CDT
This guy doesn't give a crap about life. Good riddance. Reply
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Reader64481089
Sep 16, 09 11:25 AM CDT
Just a damn shame it has taken this long and now with appeals will take even longer....Playing the so called legal system to the end, I wish he had been tried in Texas, they do indeed have an express isle to the chair if you kill multiple people as this animal did.
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oldgoat
Sep 17, 09 2:33 AM CDT
I agree with goodbye and good riddance, but Readers idea with Texas is kind of dumb. It has been shown that some have been executed that weren't guilty.
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Rob
Sep 16, 09 10:55 AM CDT
I remember the chill on my neck just filling my gas tank. Bye bye, monster. Reply
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Doctor_Zaius
Sep 16, 09 11:00 AM CDT
I used to travel to MD all the time in 2002. I remember those chills.
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