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NEWS ABOUT: John Allen Muhammad

John Allen Muhammad stories: 7 news summaries
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 Beltway Sniper Executed 

John Allen Muhammad 'quiet and relaxed' before lethal injection

Nov 10, 09 8:25 PM CST
(Newser) - The state of Virginia executed John Allen Muhammad, the so-called Beltway sniper, tonight, with the man who led the 2002 shooting spree that killed 10 dying of lethal injection at 9:11 EST. The 48-year-old was “quiet and relaxed,” a prison official tells CBS’ Andrew Cohen . “I... More »

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 Va. Gov 
 Denies 
 Clemency 
 to DC Sniper 

Muhammad will be executed tonight in Virginia

Nov 10, 09 11:13 AM CST
(Newser) - Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine has denied clemency for Beltway sniper John Allen Muhammad, clearing the way for Muhammad's execution at 9pm tonight. Muhammad, whose appeal was rejected by the Supreme Court yesterday, will die by lethal injection, reports the Richmond Times-Dispatch . His 2002 shooting spree with younger accomplice Lee Boyd... More »

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Tim Kaine • lethal injection • execution • clemency • Virginia • sniper • John Allen Muhammad • Lee Boyd Malvo • Beltway Sniper

Supreme Court Won't Spare Beltway Sniper

Execution set for tomorrow as request for more time fails

Nov 9, 09 3:47 PM CST
(Newser) - The Supreme Court has rejected an emergency appeal from John Allen Muhammad, also known as the Beltway sniper, clearing the way for his execution tomorrow. Muhammad’s lawyers said he needed more time to prepare his appeals. Although justices Stevens, Ginsburg, and Sotomayor questioned Virginia law for not affording convicts... More »

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death penalty • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • execution • John Paul Stevens • US Supreme Court • sniper • John Allen Muhammad • Lee Boyd Malvo • Sonia Sotomayor • Beltway Sniper

 Questions Remain as DC Sniper's End Looms 

Number of victims a mystery; Muhammed slated to die Tuesday

Nov 8, 09 1:34 PM CST
(AP) - It galled her to do it, but Sarah Dillon was desperate for answers, so she wrote letters to convicted snipers John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo: If you murdered my son, please confess, she wrote. She got no reply, and as Virginia prepares to execute Muhammed on Tuesday, the... More »

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John Allen Muhammad • Lee Boyd Malvo • Beltway Sniper

 DC Sniper's Ex: Rampage 
 Was Scheme to Kill Me 

Muhammad hoped to pass off murder on madman and regain custody of kids

Oct 6, 09 1:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - The ex-wife of convicted Beltway Sniper John Muhammad was the ultimate target of his murderous 2002 DC rampage that killed 10 people. Mildred Muhammad says her ex intended to pass off her murder as the work of a madman and regain custody of their three children. She got wise to... More »

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ATF • shooting rampage • PTSD • Gulf War • child custody • John Allen Muhammad • Lee Boyd Malvo • post-traumatic stress disorder • scheme • Mildred Muhammad • Beltway Sniper

 Execution Set for DC Sniper 


Sep 16, 09 10:50 AM CDT
(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... More »

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death penalty • Washington DC • execution • Virginia • sniper • John Allen Muhammad

DC Sniper Demands End
to Death-Row Appeals

'Murder this innocent
black man,' he pleads

May 7, 08 3:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Convicted DC sniper John Allen Muhammad has called on prosecutors to help stop his attorneys from pursuing appeals to overturn his death sentence. Muhammad, convicted in the 2002 shooting spree that killed 10 strangers, said in a handwritten letter that any appeals “have been done against mine will,”... More »

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crime • appeal • death row • sniper • John Allen Muhammad • Lee Boyd Malvo

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