A Prince William County judge this morning signed a death warrant ordering sniper John Allen Muhammad executed Nov. 10.
Muhammad is sentenced to death for the Oct. 9, 2002 killing of Dean Harold Meyers at a gas station outside Manassas. Meyers, a Gaithersburg, Md., resident and Purple Heart recipient, was the ninth victim of the “Beltway” snipers who terrorized the region for three weeks in October 2002.
Meyers was one of 13 victims. Ten died and three survived. Muhammad and teen accomplice Lee Boyd Malvo were arrested on Oct. 24, 2002 at a Maryland rest stop.
Muhammad’s attorney, Jonathan Sheldon, Sheldon said he will file an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court and seek clemency from Gov. Tim Kaine.
(Source: Stafford County Sun)
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It’ll easily be another decade before anything happens. That is, IF anything ever happens.
To: Joseph #2 – not necessarily, not every state is like New York. New York DOES take forever to execute even serial murders and DOES prevent law-abiding citizens from owning hand guns that could save their lives (or the lives of others), BUT there ARE some states that DO have more saichel than NY.
AinOhdMilvado/#3,
Even TEXAS which is the toughest death penalty state in the Union, can easily take a decade to executing a murderer.
#3 there is NO death penalty in new york (unfortunately)
#5: It is still on New York’s books, but the liberal judges have made it completely unenforceable.
Thank you sammygol.