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"Vengeance is mine, saith the Lord," or a zealous prosecutor. Montgomery County State's Attorney Douglas F. Gansler, with his youthful looks and affable ways, makes no secret of being a passionate prosecutor. Hey, who wouldn't want an "eager beaver" in their jurisdiction with a zest for convicting the bad guys? But, is the gung-ho Gansler becoming overzealous, as he seeks to prosecute the convicted Washington-area snipers, John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo? Mr. Gansler fervently states absolutely not; he's only doing his sworn duty. After all, six of the 10 sniper victims were killed in Montgomery County, which was...

Malvo can be tried as adult 01/16/2003 Associated Press FAIRFAX, Va. - Citing what he called strong circumstantial evidence, a judge ruled Wednesday that 17-year-old sniper suspect John Lee Malvo can be tried as an adult, making him eligible for the death penalty. Juvenile Court Judge Charles Maxfield made his decision after a hearing in which prosecutors said that Mr. Malvo tried to extort $10 million from authorities during the killing spree and that fingerprints on the murder weapon and other evidence tied the teenager to four attacks, three of them fatal. Mr. Malvo and John Allen Muhammad, 42,...

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...

While the prevailing "wisdom" of the day continues to suggest Beltway sniper suspects John Muhammad and John Lee Malvo acted without inspiration – let alone direction – from Islamic terrorists, growing circumstantial evidence suggests just the opposite. Police are now investigating whether Malvo and Muhammad may be connected to a March 19 shooting at a golf course in Tucson, Ariz. Jerry R. Taylor, 60, was shot and fatally wounded on that day while practicing chip shots at the Fred Enke Golf Course. He was killed by a single shot to the chest from long range. Muhammad's sister lives in Tucson....

The two people accused of killing a dozen people in and around Washington, D.C. may have killed a Tucson man in March, Tucson Police Chief Richard Miranda said this morning. Tucson police received information from the Montgomery County Task Force last Friday from the FBI that John Allen Muhammad and John Lee Malvo were in Tucson in mid-march 2002, visiting Muhammad's sister at her Southeast Side home, Miranda said. The Task Force asked Tucson police to re-investigate an unsolved homicide that occurred while the pair were here, the death of Jerry R. Taylor, 60, Miranda said. Taylor was shot...

Late Wednesday night authorities began searching for two "people of interest" in relation to the Beltway Sniper. What's interesting is that one of the two "persons of interest" was identified as a Tacoma, Washington man connected with Fort Lewis. Stuck in the middle of this story is something even more interesting. The FBI is also searching a militia training camp in Marion, Alabama, in possible connection to the sniper case. Step back for a moment. What's the common link between Tacoma, Washington and Marion, Alabama? It could be James Ujaama, Zain-ul-abidin, and Abu Hamza. James Ujaama is currently being held...