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Posted on 09/29/2009 10:35:19 AM PDT by george76
Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine said Monday he can't think of any reason he would stop the execution of Washington, D.C.-area sniper John Allen Muhammad.
Muhammad is scheduled to be executed Nov. 10 for the October 2002 killing spree that left 10 dead in the nation's capital, Virginia and Maryland.
"I know of nothing in this case now that would suggest that there is any credible claim of innocence or that there was anything procedurally wrong with the prosecution," Kaine said on his monthly call-in radio show on WTOP.
Kaine said he would review Muhammad's petition for clemency when he gets it.
Muhammad attorney Jon Sheldon said there were "huge procedural errors in the case" that he plans to raise in the clemency petition he expects to file in mid-October, and other issues he'll raise in a motion with the U.S. Supreme Court in early November.
Muhammad was sentenced to death for the slaying of Dean Meyers, who was shot at a Manassas gas station. Myers was one of 10 people killed over a three-week period in 2002 by Muhammad and his teenage accomplice Lee Boyd Malvo. Malvo is serving a life sentence.
In August, a three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously rejected Muhammad's claims that prosecutors withheld critical evidence and that Muhammad should not have been allowed to act as his own attorney for part of his trial.
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“Malvo is serving a life sentence.”
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Betcha he’s not.
Don’t want to risk blowing the long-shot for Creigh Deeds, dooya?
Method of execution: Marine Corps sniper practice.
I love that defense ploy.... get the defendant to defend himself so you can later claim a procedural error. Pretend you tried to dissuade him when in fact you encouraged him.
Let’s drop a SALVO on MALVO!!!!
Not an argument, he was offered council and refused it, stating he would defend himself.
Prolly gonna argue he wasn't thinking clearly at the time....
“Muhammad is scheduled to be executed Nov. 10”
Wow! I’m impressed with the speed this is going to happen. In California he would be on death row for life.
OMG. He’s a MUSLIM and he’s BLACK!!
Dare the racists of Virginia go forward with this poor man’s murder???
Drop a building on him.
Slowly.
If I were the governor of Virginia, I would delay his exectuion three days...to Friday, November 13, 2009.
I’ll be proud to be a Virginian if this goes as planned. Only seven years instead of the usual 20 to carry out the sentence.
everyone on death row is there for life..........
FWIW, in spite of Kaine’s “personal opposition” Virginia remains 2nd only to Texas in carrying out executions.
For the most part, Kaine has done well with this issue.
Good! I have a link to the maryland sniper archives on my fr homepage if anyone is interested in seeing or remembering the history of this evil man.
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Yes, it seemed rather “quick” to me, although seven years is still far too long in my opinion. A fair trial, time to to prepare a defense, get a good jury, have an appeal if reasonable - should not take more than a year.
Where’s Phil Donahue?
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