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DC Sniper Denied Parole After 20 Years

Lee Boyd Malvo and John Allen Muhammad killed 10 people in 2002

(Newser) - Lee Boyd Malvo won't be walking around DC anytime soon. State records show that the Virginia Parole Board last month denied parole to the 37-year-old, who is serving multiple life sentences in Virginia for his role in the sniper killings that terrorized the nation's capital in October 2002...

DC Sniper Gets Married in Prison
DC Sniper Is a Married Man

DC Sniper Is a Married Man

Lawyer says bride is 'impressive young lady'

(Newser) - Lee Boyd Malvo, serving life for his role in 10 sniper killings that terrorized the Washington, DC, area in 2002, is now a married man. The 35-year-old, who was 17 when he committed the crimes, married a woman at the Red Onion State Prison in Virginia last week, Fox News...

Notorious Virginia Criminal's Life Sentences Are Tossed

DC sniper Lee Boyd Malvo will receive a new sentencing hearing

(Newser) - A federal judge on Friday tossed out two life sentences for one of Virginia's most notorious criminals, sniper Lee Boyd Malvo, and ordered Virginia courts to hold new sentencing hearings. In his ruling, US District Judge Raymond Jackson in Norfolk said Malvo is entitled to new sentencing hearings after...

DC Sniper: My Shooting Partner Sexually Abused Me

Lee Boyd Malvo says he's coming forward now because he 'can handle it'

(Newser) - In a rare interview, DC sniper Lee Boyd Malvo revealed today that he was sexually abused by the man who planned his 2002 killing spree. "For the entire period when I was almost 15 until I got arrested, I was sexually abused by John Muhammad," Malvo told Matt...

Murderer: I'll Kill Pregnant Women Til DC Sniper Freed

Note under body promises one death a week; cops suspect hoax

(Newser) - Investigating the death of a pregnant Brooklyn woman this weekend, police found a note under her body. Its warning: One pregnant woman will be killed every week until "the DC sniper" is released. Police doubt the authenticity of the threat, saying it's likely intended to distract them, the...

DC Sniper: 'I Was a Ghoul'
 DC Sniper: 'I Was a Ghoul' 

DC Sniper: 'I Was a Ghoul'

Lee Boyd Malvo speaks 10 years after rampage that paralyzed DC

(Newser) - It's been a decade since Lee Boyd Malvo and John Allen Muhammad terrorized the nation's capital, randomly shooting 13 people in a bloody three-week rampage that killed 10. The Washington Post sits down with Malvo, the surviving half of the so-called DC Sniper, and finds a pensive 27-year-old...

Malvo Ties 2 Others to DC Serial Shootings

Mayhem planned along entire East Coast

(Newser) - Investigators will grill convicted DC serial killer Lee Boyd Malvo again since he revealed in a TV interview that two other men initially planned to be part of the sniper shootings that terrorized the capital in 2002. Malvo and John Allen Muhammad were convicted of picking off victims with high-powered...

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