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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Lee Boyd Malvo will not stand trial for a sniper shooting in Manassas, Virginia, according to a prosecutor who said Tuesday's U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning juvenile executions would make a trial pointless. Malvo, who was 17 during a shooting spree that terrorized the Washington, D.C. area in fall 2002, is now serving life sentences for two of the 10 sniper shootings. Prince William County, Virginia, Commonwealth's Attorney Paul Ebert said it "doesn't make sense" to try Malvo for the death of Dean Harold Meyers now that the Supreme Court has ruled that people cannot be executed...

Today: March 01, 2005 at 19:43:10 PST Teen Sniper No Longer Faces Death Penalty By MATTHEW BARAKAT ASSOCIATED PRESS McLEAN, Va. (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court ruling Tuesday barring the execution of juvenile killers means Lee Boyd Malvo can no longer face the death penalty for his role in the 2002 Washington sniper case or other slayings around the country. Malvo, who was 17 at the time of the shootings, has already been convicted and sentenced to life in prison without parole for two of the murders. Prosecutors had planned to try him in other jurisdictions in hopes of...

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court's decision to ban the execution of juvenile killers will not have an impact on any future Maryland prosecutions of convicted sniper Lee Boyd Malvo, but will have an impact should he be prosecuted in Louisiana. Maryland law didn't allow for anyone under 18 to be executed before the court's ruling. In Louisiana, the death penalty had been allowed for juveniles. "Now my intent will be to extradite Malvo to Louisiana and give him the maximum sentence allowable under Louisiana law, which is life without the suspense of probation or parole," John Sinquefield, chief assistant district...

Does anyone remember the DC Sniper? Well this missive was written by me during the height of that terrifying time. It's a fun retrospective in that I was very, very wrong in my speculation on the identy of the DC sniper. But to read the account written as it was happening and affecting me very personally, well someday Kaitlyn will read my accounts in this very same manner. But hey, I was right about the Merryland Governor's race! ==================== Fish Giggles provides creativity from the Washington Post Contest with the challenge of making new definitions of existing words. Example: Circumvent...

RICHMOND, VA. - John Allen Muhammad's lawyers argued before the state Supreme Court on Tuesday that the convicted sniper cannot be sentenced to death under a Virginia law because he did not pull the trigger in the October 2002 killing spree. Muhammad was sentenced to die after being convicted of two counts of capital murder last year in the shooting of Dean Harold Meyers near Manassas. Prosecutors had argued Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo formed a sniper team and were thus equally culpable — even though Malvo said he pulled the trigger. Defense lawyer Peter Greenspun contended that Virginia law...

Malvo gets life sentence in 2002 killing. Teen pleads guilty in man's murder, attempt on woman's life. (CNN) -- Convicted teen sniper Lee Boyd Malvo was sentenced Tuesday to two terms of life in prison without parole after pleading guilty to murder and attempted murder. He was charged with killing Kenneth Bridges, 53, outside a gas station in Fredericksburg, Virginia, and attempting to kill Caroline Seawell at an arts and crafts store, also in Spotsylvania County. Malvo, 19, already is serving a life sentence without parole for the murder of FBI analyst Linda Franklin, 47, outside a Home Depot in...

audio linkEXCLUSIVE: Radio Listener Says He Tipped Off Cops to Sniper Suspects Audio: Check out the interview with the man who says he tipped off police - click to listen! A phone call from a "Truckin' Bozo" listener on Cincinnati station WLW helped lead to the arrest of the Beltway Sniper suspects. Late Wednesday night, the police issued an all points bulletin for suspects John Allen Muhammad and his stepson, John Lee Malvo. Overnight talk host "Truckin' Bozo" Dale Sommers alerted listeners of 700WLW and the Truckin' Bozo Radio Network early Thursday morning that the police were searching for a...

Here is a partial list of our articles; for the full number, click the 'keyword' to access our database. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/769468/posts D.C. Terror Team?Newsmax ^ | Oct. 11, 2002 | John LeBoutillier Database:SNIPER; DC; FALLS CHURCH; MD; SEVEN CORNERS; SHOOTINGS; VA;   http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/769460/posts Who Is the Sniper? Behind the Evil.NRO ^ | October 15, 2002, 9:00 a.m. | James S. Robbins   http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/769346/posts Beltway Sniper Shootings-FR Commentary-Tuesday, Oct. 15Fox News, CNN, Press Conferences | October 15, 2002 | Fox News, CNN, Press Conferences   http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/768937/posts Poll Question: Do you think the sniper has U.S. military experience? WEAU TV 13 ^  ...

5 minutes ago FAIRFAX, Va. - A judge dismissed an indictment Friday against convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad, ruling that the state waited too long to try him for capital murder in the death of an FBI (news - web sites) analyst who was shot in a store parking lot. Muhammad is already on Virginia's death row for one of the killings in the October 2002 sniper shootings in the Washington area.

Battlefield Conversions to Islam for Pay October 2002 Commentary by Rick Francona John Allen Muhammad, the alleged DC sniper, is a Gulf War veteran and convert to Islam. A little-known byproduct of the Gulf War - Saudi efforts to convert U.S. troops to Islam – may be making unwelcome headlines as this case progresses. During Operations Desert Shield (the defense of Saudi Arabia) in 1990 and Desert Storm (the liberation of Kuwait) in 1991, there was a well-funded and orchestrated effort sponsored by the Saudi government to convert as many American military members as possible to Islam. The primary targets...

Lawyer: Malvo To Drop Appeals, Admit Guilt Attorney Says Teenage Sniper Ready To Accept Life Term POSTED: 5:26 pm EDT September 24, 2004 McLEAN, Va. -- A lawyer for teenage sniper Lee Malvo said he plans to admit guilt in one of the Washington-area sniper slayings. He also said Malvo will drop all of his appeals of his convictions in another of the shootings. Attorney Michael Arif said Malvo realizes "he's not going anywhere" and that he is ready to accept a lifetime in prison. A plea hearing is set for next month. Malvo is charged with capital murder in...

Victims of the sniper shootings in Washington DC and their families have settled a lawsuit they brought against a gun company and a gun dealer. They had sued the two companies for negligent distribution of weapons. Lawyers representing the victims' families described the settlement as historic. They believe it could change practices across the firearms industry. Bull's Eye Shooter Supply, who sold the rifle used in the shootings, agreed to pay the families $2m. Bushmaster Firearms, who made the gun, settled on a half-a-million dollar payout. The deal with Bushmaster is the first time a gun manufacturer in the United...

BUSHMASTER SETTLES LAWSUIT IN D.C SNIPER SHOOTINGS Bushmaster Firearms of Windham, Maine, agreed to pay 550-thousand dollars to eight plaintiffs. The gun dealer who supplied the weapon will pay two million.SEATTLE (AP) -- Victims of the Washington, D.C.-area sniper shootings and their families have settled claims against the maker of the gun used in the rampage and the store that sold it. The plaintiffs' lawyer says the two-point-five million-dollar agreement will change practices in the firearms industry.Bull's Eye Shooter Supply of Tacoma, Washington, the gun dealer where the snipers' Bushmaster rifle came from, agreed to pay two million.A lawyer with...

SEATTLE (AP) - The manufacturer and dealer of the rifle used in the Washington, D.C.-area sniper shootings have agreed to pay $2.5 million in a settlement with victims' families, a lawyer said Wednesday night. The settlement with Bushmaster marks the first time a gun manufacturer has agreed to pay damages for negligent distribution of weapons, said Jon Lowy, a lawyer with the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence. He also said the settlement with Bull's Eye Shooter Supply is the largest against a gun dealer. "These settlements send a loud and clear message that the gun industry cannot turn a...

Sniper Complains to Judge About Underwear By MATTHEW BARAKAT ASSOCIATED PRESS FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) - Convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad complained to a judge Tuesday that his jailers refuse to let him wear underwear and have restricted his access to his legal files. A sheriff's spokeswoman denied the claims made at the conclusion of a pretrial hearing in the second capital-murder case against Muhammad. Trial is scheduled for October. "How does it make the courtroom safe with me coming in, no T-shirt, no underwear, no socks?" Muhammad asked Judge Jonathan Thacher. Muhammad has been under especially tight security since a...

FAIRFAX — A court hearing for convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad was delayed briefly today after Muhammad wriggled out of a chain strapped around his waist during a recess. Muhammad was placed back into restraints without incident, but for a few minutes he was in the courtroom with a lengthy chain gathered in his hands that could have been used as a weapon. Lt. Tony Shobe, a spokesman for the Fairfax County Sheriff's Office, which handles court security, said deputies did not notice the missing chain when they brought Muhammad from a holding cell back to the courtroom after a...

FAIRFAX -- It looks like convicted sniper John Muhammad will go on trial again. Muhammad was sentenced to death last year after being convicted in the October 2002 death of Dean Myers in Prince William County, one of the fatal shootings that terrorized the Washington area. Now Fairfax County prosecutor Robert Horn plans to put Muhammad on trial for the death of Linda Franklin, another sniper victim. Muhammad's younger accomplice, Lee Malvo, was convicted and sentenced to life in prison last year for Franklin's death. Horan says Virginia lawmakers cleared the way for the second sniper trial when they approved...

Comments on items recently in the news. • Having missed Hamas' dialectician Ahmed Yassin in September, the Israelis now have picked him off — as they vowed they would. The mastermind of hundreds of attacks against Israel, resulting in the murder of at least 377, Yassin vowed in January: "We do not fear the threat of death. We will not bow to pressure, and resistance will continue until the occupation is destroyed." That Israel has killed him should come as no surprise. Nor should the double-standard outrage reserved for Israeli and American actions against terrorists. Yassin's successor, Abdel Aziz Rantisi,...

<p>ROCKVILLE, Md. — Two men will share a $500,000 reward for providing information that led to the arrests of the Washington-area snipers nearly two years ago, officials said Saturday.</p> <p>Robert Holmes, of Tacoma, Wash., will get $350,000 for tipping authorities that his friend John Allen Muhammad might be the shooter. Whitney Donahue, of Greencastle, Pa., will get $150,000 for spotting the snipers' Chevrolet Caprice at a rest stop in Frederick County, Md., where they were arrested.</p>

<p>CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Virginia prosecutors pledged yesterday to put Lee Boyd Malvo on trial for his life again, moments after the teenager was formally sentenced to life in prison for the murder of FBI analyst Linda Franklin, one of 10 persons killed in the 2002 Washington-area sniper attacks.</p>

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (AP) - Teenage sniper Lee Boyd Malvo was sentenced to life in prison without parole Wednesday for an October 2002 killing spree in the Washington, D.C., area that left 10 people dead. Malvo, 19, was sentenced a day after sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad was given the death penalty. Malvo did not speak at the brief hearing. Malvo was convicted in December of the slaying of FBI analyst Linda Franklin, 47, outside a Falls Church, Va., Home Depot store. His defense team had argued that Malvo had been molded into a killer by the charismatic Muhammad. Muhammad used...

Amnesty International USA Statement on Sentencing John Allen Muhammad to Death 3/9/2004 3:36:00 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: National Desk Contact: Edward Jackson of Amnesty International USA, 202-544-0200 ext. 302 or 202-251-3894 (cell) WASHINGTON, March 9 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Dr. William F. Schulz, executive director of Amnesty International USA, released the following statement on Circuit Judge LeRoy F. Millette Jr.'s decision to uphold the jury's recommendation of death for John Allen Muhammad: "The death sentence for John Allen Muhammad means that the killing associated with the Washington, D.C. area sniper case will continue. More than half the world's nations already have...

Muhammad and Malvo Terrorists' Timeline#2 - Dec 1999 thru 2001 December 1999 - Lynnwood police Sargeant goes to Mohammad's home to collect keys of the building locks, which Mohammad had not returned after being fired, This upsets Mohammad. December 1999 - Tacoma WA - Muhammad's second wife Mildred files for divorce. Muhammad was said to be having multiple affairs, including accepting sex in return for doing women's car repairs. Muhammad had reportedly been bringing home as much as $4000 per week, and had two expensive sports cars:   a 1998 Jaguar and a 1997 Nissan 300 ZX February 2000...

Sniper Killer Muhammad Sentenced to Death Tue Mar 9, 1:03 PM ET By MATTHEW BARAKAT, Associated Press Writer MANASSAS, Va. - A judge rejected John Allen Muhammad's insistence of innocence and sentenced him to death Tuesday, saying his actions in the Washington-area sniper shootings that left 10 people dead were "so vile that they were almost beyond comprehension." Circuit Judge LeRoy F. Millette Jr. also turned aside a plea from Muhammad's lawyers to spare their client's life. He ordered that Muhammad be executed on Oct. 14, but that date likely will be postponed to allow appeals. Muhammad, 43, was convicted...

MANASSAS, Va. -- A judge will decide Tuesday whether convicted sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad should die for his role in the October 2002 killing spree that left 10 people dead in the Washington, D.C., area. A jury recommended in November that Muhammad be sentenced to death for the murder of Dean Harold Meyers at a gas station near Manassas, one of 13 shootings that terrorized the region during a three-week span. Circuit Judge LeRoy F. Millette Jr. has the option of reducing that sentence to life in prison without parole when Muhammad is formally sentenced Tuesday. Defense motions filed Friday urge leniency,...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Convicted sniper John Muhammad appealed his guilty verdict and death sentence in one of 10 fatal shootings that terrorized Washington, D.C. and argued his conviction was based on guesswork and emotion, not facts and law. Muhammad, a 43-year-old Gulf War veteran, was convicted of murder and sentenced to death last November in the first trial stemming from the 2002 sniper siege in and around the U.S. capital. In legal papers filed on Monday, Muhammad's lawyers maintained that the jury could not separate the facts of the case from the inflammatory evidence presented at trial, including family photos...

<p>WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Three siblings of convicted sniper John Muhammad said he was regularly and severely beaten as a child by several relatives, including an uncle who beat another child to death at a Louisiana reform school.</p> <p>"Our life was pure hell," said Aurolyn Marie Williams, one of Muhammad's sisters. "We just got beat. I wouldn't wish the life I had ... on my worst enemy." She said all six Williams children were beaten with electrical cords, switches, hose pipe and by hands.</p>

Prosecutors: Muhammad, Malvo set up sniper nest in Tacoma SEATTLE - John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo set up a sniper nest in a Tacoma field more than a month before they began their killing spree around the nation's capital, authorities say. They apparently were getting ready to shoot someone but were interrupted by a truck that cut through the field, and they abandoned their weapon, a loaded rifle with a telescopic sight and bipod, authorities said in Friday's Seattle Times. "I think it's fair to say that we believe they were set up to shoot someone. We...

McLEAN, Va. -- Gov. Mark R. Warner plans to keep convicted snipers John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo in the state so prosecutors can put them on trial again and seek the death penalty, despite several states' requests for the men's extradition. Malvo and Muhammad were convicted last year for their roles in the October 2002 sniper spree that terrorized the Washington region and left 10 people dead. A Virginia Beach jury recommended a death sentence for Muhammad; Malvo, 18, was given a life term by a jury in Chesapeake. Several other states, including Alabama, Louisiana and Maryland, have...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (AP) - Both snipers have been convicted, but the verdicts have left a nagging question: Which of them pulled the trigger in the shootings that killed 10 people and wounded three others in and around the nation's capital in October 2002? In convicting Lee Boyd Malvo of murder, a jury determined he fired the head shot that killed Linda Franklin as she stood by her car. Finding Malvo to be the triggerman was necessary to convict the 18-year-old on one of two murder counts, and the guilty verdict indicated the jury believed Malvo's initial confession that he was...

Malvo's prison term marks a broader trend away from capital punishment for juveniles. By Seth Stern | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor When a Virginia jury voted against a death sentence for Washington-area sniper John Lee Malvo this week, it followed a national trend away from sentencing juvenile offenders to death. The annual death-sentence rate for juvenile offenses has declined rapidly in recent years and death-penalty opponents say it's only a matter of time before capital punishment for those under 18 is eliminated. "The question is whether it will end by states passing laws banning it, the Supreme...

Amnesty International USA Relieved That Lee Boyd Malvo Will Not Be Executed 12/23/03 6:53:00 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: National Desk Contact: Gwen Fitzgerald of Amnesty International USA, 202-544-0200 ext. 302 or 240-462-9076 (mobile) WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today Dr. William F. Schulz, executive director of Amnesty International USA, released the following statement regarding the jury's recommendation of life without parole for juvenile offender Lee Boyd Malvo: "Amnesty International is relieved that the jury compassionately decided not to execute Lee Boyd Malvo, who was a juvenile at the time of his crime. In this season celebrating peace, we are...

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<p>CHESAPEAKE, Va. — A jury of eight women and four men convicted Lee Boyd Malvo of capital murder yesterday for his role in last year's Washington-area sniper killings — bringing the teenage defendant one step closer to a death sentence.</p>

<p>CHESAPEAKE, Va.  — A woman who lost her father in the Washington-area sniper shootings (search) last year confronted teenage sniper Lee Boyd Malvo (search) from the stand Friday, calling him "evil" as she described the impact of her father's death.</p> <p>"Because of you, he didn't have a chance to see his great-grandchild. That's insane of you to do. You're evil," said Myrtha Cinada, daughter of Pascal Charlot, the fifth person killed in the shootings, who testified during the sentencing phase of Malvo's trial. Malvo was convicted of two counts of capital murder Thursday and the jury must now decide whether he should receive life in prison or death.</p>

<p>CHESAPEAKE, Va. — A jury of eight women and four men convicted Lee Boyd Malvo of capital murder yesterday for his role in last year's Washington-area sniper killings — bringing the teenage defendant one step closer to a death sentence.</p>

<p>TACOMA, Wash. — The first clue that the day would be different came when neighbors saw men in suits snooping around the slate-colored duplex.</p> <p>"They just moseyed up and started looking around like they owned the place," said Dean Resop, who lives a block away from the home. The strangers were FBI agents.</p>

US authorities were warned a year ago that the ex-soldier suspected of carrying out 13 sniper attacks near the US capital may be a potential Islamic terrorist.A priest who runs a homeless shelter in this Pacific Northwest town where John Allen Muhammad lived for several months in 2001 and early 2002, raised the alarm last October, the Bellingham Herald newspaper said Friday."I felt like he was part of an organization," said Reverend Al Archer who runs the hostel where the Gulf War veteran stayed along with John Lee Malvo, 17, who was Friday charged along with Muhammad with six...

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<p>CHESAPEAKE, Virginia (CNN) -- Several dozen jailhouse sketches by accused sniper Lee Boyd Malvo -- some depicting police in rifle crosshairs and others containing references to a holy war -- have been entered as evidence by defense attorneys, who say they are evidence of his indoctrination by an accomplice.</p>

Let's keep a live commentary thread going again today. The FBI Tip Line #1-888-324-9800.All seems quiet since yesterday's news the shooter may target children specifically. It was released on various news outlets the shooter's 3-page letter to police was in broken English and threatened extreme violence. Police announced an electronic transfer of $10m as requested by the shooter was not possible but other options for transfer remain open. No one seriously believes police will actually give the shooter $$, but police are trying to keep a dialogue open with the shooter in an effort to capture this monster.

Sniper suspect leads FBI, police, media swarm to sleepy'burb By Kristin Bender - STAFF WRITER PINOLE -- Suburban Pinole was deluged Thursday with FBI agents, local police, scores of news reporters and neighbors who wanted answers about a sniper suspect's possible connection to the bedroom community. Sniper suspect John Allen Muhammad, 41, previously known as John Allen Williams, once lived with Charlene Jackson, his former sister-in-law, in a house on Limerick Road in the Garrity Ridge housing development off San Pablo Avenue, according to neighbors and a Department of Motor Vehicles tracking system. Although she talked with FBI agents, at...

Michelle Malkin on Sean Hannity radio program in just a few minutes. Breaking info on DC Sniper case.

Though al-Qaida training videotapes and manuals captured in Afghanistan specifically show the planning of attacks on Americans in drive-by shootings, experts who have analyzed those materials are cautious about concluding the murder spree outside of Washington yesterday is connected in any way to terrorism. The videotapes and training manuals, which show Osama lin Laden's terrorists have prepared to kill Americans with small-arms fire from trucks and vans, were first revealed in a WorldNetDaily report last month. But John Holschen of Insights Training Center, who produced a report on the tape for military and law enforcement officials, said the rash of...

There it is! It's done... Too late now to prosecute her for AIDING AND ABETTING the sniper-pair while she was staying in the DC area ... ... ... Mother of accused sniper deported     The mother of accused sniper John Lee Malvo has been deported to Jamaica, federal authorities confirmed yesterday.     Una Scion James, 38, was taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service officers on Tuesday after deciding not to appeal a pending Nov. 19 deportation order by a federal immigration judge. She initially filed a petition with INS requesting special protection as a battered...

<p>October 18, 2002 -- A lying witness misled investigators in the Beltway sniper case, casting doubt on just what is known about the shadowy shooter or shooters, cops said yesterday.</p> <p>A witness who claimed he saw the psycho who gunned down the last victim and then watched him flee in a cream-colored van may be charged with perjury or filing a false statement, authorities said.</p>

Many black Americans have been fed the nonsense that the war on terror and Islamic fundamentalists is not beneficial to blacks. As we can see, this black Muslim sniper showed his hatred for all Americans, including blacks, by targeting black schoolchildren and a prominent black economic activist. Maybe this will be a wake up call to the vast majority of black Americans that people like Farrakhan and other anti-American extremists like McKinney and Jackson don't have the interests of black America at heart.

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