DC sniper Muhammad set to die by lethal injection

Associated Press ^ | Oct. 27, 2009

[Free ThinkerNY]

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad will die by lethal injection when he is executed next month, Virginia officials said Tuesday.

Muhammad declined to choose between lethal injection and electrocution, so under state law the method defaults to lethal injection, Virginia Department of Corrections spokesman Larry Traylor said.

Muhammad is scheduled to be executed Nov. 10 for the October 2002 slaying of Dean Harold Meyers at a Manassas gas station during a string of shootings.

[2banana]

Inject him with liquid bacon fat.

[GingisK]

Hot lead coated with bacon fat at the same time.

[Slump Tester]

To bad it's not on pay per view.

We'll still have popcorn regardless.

[Non-Sequitur]

Only 6 years on death row? I would have thought it would be another 10 or 15 years before he’d run out of appeals.

[BCR #226]

Wall, bullet, rifle, aim for heart.... BANG. Next. Simple, quick, cost effective, and permanent.

[My Favorite Headache]

I have to admit...he is going to die a hell of a lot quicker than I expected. In Florida we still have guys who commited murders in the late 1970s and early 1980s still on death row.

[IrishPennant]

WHAT???

I thought he was getting a Czarship at the WH?

[Eternal_Bear]

maybe he favored a slow beheading with a pen knife?

[Billthedrill]

Here is a case crying out for a firing squad. I don’t think there’d be a shortage of volunteers, either.

[La Lydia]

There was a thread last week about how the families of the victims are lining up to witness this. They might have to seek a larger venue.

[steve-b]

I really don’t understand why the prison system is required to accommodate the supposed religious scruples of people who ARE IN PRISON FOR DOING THINGS PROHIBITED BY THEIR SELF-ASSERTED RELIGIOUS AFFILIATIONS.

[headstamp 2]

Throw his ass out into an open field and use him for sniper training.

[ArrogantBustard]

This is Virginia. Only Texas takes the DP more seriously than we do.

And while I take no delight in anyone's death, I will NOT be sad to see this creep go.

[tioga]

so dirtyDeeds isn’t gonna stop this for votes? (snicker)

[The Great RJ]

I don’t think this guy will find 72 virgins waiting for him in paradise.

[DogBarkTree]

[GeronL]

GOOD news. Even though in a perfect world there would be no government power to kill.

[Rummyfan]

Can’t happen too quickly.

[relictele]

Shame the hate crime legislation won’t be enacted before he goes.

What’s that? Muslim-inspired hate crimes aren’t part of the law?

Never mind.

[SMARTY]

Not a moment too soon, either!

[ReneeLynn]

Ha, I was thinking the same thing. Set him free, knowing there are snipers out there, and just let him play rabbit for a while. Like those innocent people that were targeted.

[Rummyfan]

Virginia is not California.

[reagan_fanatic]

Set him loose in the middle of downtown Beirut wearing nothing but a pink thong and a tee shirt that says 'F*CK ALLAH'.

[Eccl 10:2]

“Only 6 years on death row? I would have thought it would be another 10 or 15 years before he’d run out of appeals.”

Something stinks here. Reminds me of Timothy McVeigh and how they wanted to expedite his execution, before other facts or witnesses emerged.

There is more to this story, IMHO.

[alexander_busek]

Muhammad declined to choose between lethal injection and electrocution...

I can just imagine him sitting there in his prison cell, wondering aloud "Lethal injection, or electrocution... Electrocution, or lethal injection?"

Regards,

[jyoders19]

No government power to kil? That’s the same tired argument that the Chicago Libune and all the other death penalty abolitionists use. It would allow monsters like Muhammad to live out their days paid for by our tax dollars. Until people stop breaking the first commandment, the government and a jury of your peers needs to reserve the right to carry out appropriate and fitting punishment. I can’t think of anything more fitting for Muhammad.

[al baby]

I love the smell of lethal injection in the morning it smells like victory

[dfwgator]

I can just imagine him sitting there in his prison cell, wondering aloud "Lethal injection, or electrocution... Electrocution, or lethal injection?"

Crucifixion? Good. Out of the door. Line on the left. One cross each. Next.

[Bringbackthedraft]

In Florida we still have guys who commited murders in the late 1970s and early 1980s still on death row................................... I guess they can’t find a good electrician to fix “ole sparky”. God forbid it should start a killers hair on fire, that would be worse than death.

[DuncanWaring]

...in a perfect world there would be no government power to kill.

In a perfect world there would be no need for government power to kill.

This world, obviously, is not perfect.

[b4its2late]

Brings a tear to my eye that it’s not an electrocution.

[dfwgator]

In Florida we still have guys who commited murders in the late 1970s and early 1980s still on death row................................... I guess they can’t find a good electrician to fix “ole sparky”. God forbid it should start a killers hair on fire, that would be worse than death.

I remember when Ted Bundy fried, it was in the middle of class and at the precise moment of the execution, some smart-aleck in the class flicked the lights on and off....everyone just cracked up.

[Cyman]

I prefer the Russian technique. You just never know when a guard walking you down the hallway is going to put one in the back of the head.

And then bill the family for the bullett.

[Venturer]

I am surprised he hasn’t won the Nobel Peace prize.

[Doogle]

ba-bye

[umgud]

Kill him with an AR15.

[ronniesgal]

very well done!!!

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

And while I take no delight in anyone's death

Was it Clarence Darrow who said, "I never killed a man and never really wanted to, but I've savored a good many obituaries."? I, personally, will delight in his death and only wish it could have come sooner, and been more painful.

I have no qualms about hanging as a method of execution, preferably with a short drop and long, slow death by asphyxiation.

[jslade]

You got to see the youtube video of George Carlin wondering why, prior to the insertion of lethal injection needles, the skin is swabbed with alchohol to prvent infection.

[ridesthemiles]

Only 6 years on death row? I would have thought it would be another 10 or 15 years before he’d run out of appeals.”

The California “Night Stalker”, Richard Ramirez is still sitting on Death Row- 20 years since being convicted of 17 murders and countless attacks.
A cold case in San Fran swas solved last week, tying it to Ramirez with DNA. Detectives are uncertain how many people this freak killed, but it is thought to be far above 17.

[ridesthemiles]

Birds of a Feather......

[a fool in paradise]

I really don’t understand why the prison system is required to accommodate the supposed religious scruples of people who ARE IN PRISON FOR DOING THINGS PROHIBITED BY THEIR SELF-ASSERTED RELIGIOUS AFFILIATIONS.

Do prisons make special allowances for members of the KKK to continue to practice their hate while in prison? Islamic supremacists should not be afforded any such "support" in prison either.

[massgopguy]

Remember that photo. Obama will grant him clememcy.

[dfwgator]

Death Row should have a permanent population of 5. One moves in, one moves out.

[freespirited]

Should have been shot at sunrise the day after his appeals were exhausted.

[ArrogantBustard]

Once upon a time, this evil man was but a suckling babe, full of hope and potential.

All of which he wasted, choosing instead to do evil and reaping the just rewards of an evil life.

He has deprived himself of the rewards of a well-lived life, and deprived us of whatever good he may have done ... replacing it all with hatred, murder, and terrorism.

That loss, and even worse the possible (probable?) loss of his soul to eternity in Hell, is an incomparable tragedy.

Nevertheless, it is justice ... and he brought it on himself.

[Beagle8U]

Just walk the bastard to the middle of the closest street, pop him behind the ear with a 3 cent 22 LR.

Make it a $10k fine for anyone to remove his carcase. Let everyone drive around, or over, his dumba$$ until he dries up and blows away like a dead raccoon!

[GeronL]

lol.

Let me finish the thought.

I am all for our right to kill dirtbag scum criminals.

Declare these people “outside the protection of law” and maybe even offer a prize for their deaths.

[Billthedrill]

The California “Night Stalker”, Richard Ramirez is still sitting on Death Row...

Yeah, I remember seeing that cold case story and checking with Wikipedia to see when they whacked him. He's still there wasting oxygen.