Sniper attorneys to appeal execution to high court
Published: November 3, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorneys for sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad plan to file an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court in an effort to stop next week’s execution.
Muhammad is scheduled to die by lethal injection Nov. 10 at a Virginia prison.
Attorneys for the 48-year-old have said they planned to file the appeal Tuesday. They asked Gov. Timothy M. Kaine for clemency last month.
Muhammad is to be executed for the slaying of Dean Harold Meyers at a Manassas, Va., gas station during a three-week killing spree in October 2002 that left 10 dead in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia.
Muhammad and his teenage accomplice, Lee Boyd Malvo, were also suspected of fatal shootings in other states, including Louisiana and Alabama. Malvo is serving a life sentence in prison.
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I wonder how many appeals the victims got, oh thats right, they didnt get any!! I think it is time to revamp the justice system, everything else in this world has been updated to the times except the justice system!!! These people shot 13 people, it’s not that hard, they will never be rehabilitated and will just be a drain on taxpayer money for the rest of their lives if granted a stay!!!! Personally I think he should get 12 rounds in non leathal areas then a kill shot on the 13th!!!
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