Supreme court denies request to stay D.C. sniper's execution

Washington Post ^ | Nov 9, 2009 | Robert Barnes

[rdl6989]

The Supreme Court Monday denied John Allen Muhammad's request to stay his execution, clearing the way for Virginia to put to death the man who terrorized the Washington region as the Beltway Sniper.

Justices John Paul Stevens, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor objected to the court's haste, saying it "highlights once again the perversity of executing inmates before their appeals process have been fully concluded."

Stevens, writing for the three, said Virginia had short-circuited the process by scheduling Muhammad's execution for Tuesday night, earlier than the court would normally have reviewed his petition for the court to take his case.

"By denying Muhammad's stay application, we have allowed Virginia to truncate our deliberative process on a matter -- involving a death row inmate -- that demands the most careful attention," Stevens wrote.

[Kakaze]

Let him stand in a parking lot for hours...........waiting for the bullet.

[defendingright]

It’s good to see Sotomayor already siding with the criminal terrorists.

[Beagle8U]

By firing squad? Can I volunteer to pull the trigger?

[dirtboy]

Justices John Paul Stevens, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor objected to the court's haste, saying it "highlights once again the perversity of executing inmates before their appeals process have been fully concluded."

Yeah, don't let the fact that the guy was caught with the murder weapon in his car get in the way of beating the appeals horse to death.

[Maverick68]

Studpid ass Latina woman, sissy man, and Elvira Gulch all dissented....I’m shocked....

[rdl6989]

Stevens, Vader, and Sotomayor. Big surprise there huh?

[OpusatFR]

This evil man had the whole metro area in a panic with good reason.

Traveling 95 or the beltway, going to the store or just stopping at a rest area was terrifying.

~Not to mention how many times my poor bro, owner of a white panel truck was pulled over by cops with guns drawn.

We must be politically correct, dontchaknow.

It could have been stopped earlier had that b@@##$% in the Prince George’s police brought out the true facts, but then the true facts wouldn’t have fit the PC agenda.

[ladyjane]

How bout the ‘perversity’ of killing all those innocent victims?

[Jeff Head]

Another case of Individual Jihad Syndrome (in this case there were two of them) where radical Muslims in this country take up arms against our nation. Sgt. Akbar in 2003, and now Major Hasan here in 2009 are the same...and there have been others.

All of them should die for their crimes. Muhammed will die Tuesday, Akbar has been sentenced to die...and I belive Hasan will be too.

Sadly though, I do not expect the current occupant of the White House to form in direct, meaningful, or effective response to the situation of these enemies operating within.

THE AUDACITY OF TRUTH ABOUT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA'S UPBRINGING

[rdl6989]

Too bad we don’t have burning at the stake anymore.

[Logic n' Reason]

"...before their appeals process have been fully concluded."

So...the way these idiot SC justices figure it, this guilty islamic muslim terrorist should be able to finish his bachelors, masters, and doctoral education....date some girls....marry....raise his family....send his kids all the way through our wonderful US public education system....have some grandchildren...and die peacefully surrounded by his loved ones at age 94.....all the while his entire life being paid for by us sucker tax payers....and the string of appeals will run their course and end two days after his peaceful death.
Of course, he'll be found guilty and his execution justified.

Yeah....I figure that's what Soto-mayer and the rest would like to see.

[Puppage]

Supreme court denies request to stay D.C. sniper's execution

PULL!

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Like I said ... "Quick, someone stick a needle in his arm, before a wise Latina can give him the benefit of her unique life experiences."

Must suck to be him, today and tomorrow. After that, no more problems.

[Beagle8U]

“Too bad we don’t have burning at the stake anymore.”

Well, firing squad will work. I'll pull the trigger and I promise not to miss the target.

The ‘Target’ will be his gut, being careful to miss the spine or any organs that would cause him to bleed out.

I'll use a varmint rifle that will explode and expend all it's energy in the target. His guts will explode into tiny fragments of bile filled goo. It will take hours, or days, of agony before he dies.

He would have wished his death would have been as quick and painless as burning at the stake!!

[ArrogantBustard]

Put a noose firmly around his neck, stand him on a platform and smash his left kneecap with a hammer.

Let gravity do the rest.

[richardtavor]

“highlights once again the perversity of executing inmates before their appeals process have been fully concluded.” Trumped by the perversity of executing innocent citizens without any chance for appeal of a death sentence.

[Cicero]

So, the Wise Latina Woman likes Muslim terrorists, does she?

Well, that figures. Obama knew what he was getting.

[Beagle8U]

Still too quick.

You can smash his knee cap a week before he is gut-shot in the firing squad.

[Niteranger68]

It's not looking too good for Obama’s stunt double.