Washington Sniper Set to Die Tuesday Night

Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine has cleared the wayfor the execution of sniper John Allen Muhammad.

By: Katie Hammond | WKRG
Published: November 10, 2009

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Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine has cleared the way
for the execution of sniper John Allen Muhammad.
Kaine denied Muhammad's clemency request Tuesday. Muhammad is
scheduled to die by lethal injection Tuesday night at a Virginia
prison for killing Dean Harold Meyers at a gas station during a
three-week spree that left 10 people dead in 2002 across Maryland,
Virginia and Washington, D.C.
Muhammad and his teenage accomplice, Lee Boyd Malvo, were also
suspected of fatal shootings in other states including Louisiana,
Alabama and Arizona. Malvo is serving a life sentence.
Muhammad's attorney, Jonathan Sheldon, says Virginia will be
executing a severely mentally ill man.
Muhammad has exhausted all of his court appeals.

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