Posted on 09/16/2009 1:39:24 PM PDT by Niuhuru
Court sets execution date for Washington, DC sniper mastermind
A Virginia judge has ruled that the mastermind behind the 2002 sniper attacks in Washington, DC that left 10 people dead will be executed on November 10. John Allen Muhammad is expected to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court and ask Governor Timothy M. Kaine for clemency.
Muhammad was sentenced to death for the slaying of Dean Meyers, one of 10 people shot to death during a 2002 rampage that terrorized the Washington, D.C., area.
uhammad and teenage accomplice Lee Boyd Malvo killed six people in Alabama and Louisiana before moving on to Maryland, D.C. and Virginia, where Meyers was shot at a Manassas gas station. Six others were wounded. Malvo, who was born in Jamaica, is serving life in prison for the shooting spree. Last month a federal appeals court rejected Muhammad's argument that prosecutors withheld critical evidence and that Muhammad never should have been allowed to act as his own attorney for a portion of his trial because he was too mentally impaired.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1213868/Another-week-live-Ohio-delays-execution-Romell-Broom-officials-inmates-usable-vein.html#ixzz0RIthQSTE
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I was just hearing about an execution that was taking place, but after poking him nine times to get the IV in his vein they gave up. Now they are saying they shouldn't try again. Then I heard about this execution.
The only problem is, the way death penalty appeals go these days (even in Virginia), it’ll be November 10, 2027.
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Out of the Bummer’s jurisdiction.
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Wow - on the birthday of the United States Marine Corp. Hoorah.
Why did it take so long?
I’m afraid you’re right. Most murderers get to spend at least 20 or 30 years on death row, bringing appeals at taxpayer expense. And Virginia seems to be getting more liberal than it used to be.
Bad link.
This is Virginia, second only to Texas in carrying out death sentences.
Cue Mike Ferrel to tell us all how horible we are to be executing another ‘human being’.
Any word on what will happen to his teenage accomplice?
Price you pay for knowing and creating the exact date of death for others.
Execution on 11/10? In Texas,maybe.But in VA he’ll die of old age in 2034.
Good point. Let’s try to stay optimistic anyway. Maybe keep a nice, dry Merlot chilled for Nov. 10, 2009.
That's the old meme, you need to get with the times! The new template is that killings in black communities aren't investigated thoroughly, so what may be serial killings are written off as singlular incidents.
Of course Wayne Williams put both notions to rest back in the 70's, but it's just not politically correct to say or believe so.
Back when this was going on, one of the guys in my department was investigated by the FBI in connection to the sniper case. I remember that it seemed just surreal.
It turned out that it was his nasty and vengeful ex-wife that reported him to the FBI tip line. She knew that he lived in the area and owned a Bushmaster rifle like the one being used in the shootings. The FBI was pretty cool about it, though. We could show that he wasn’t anywhere near the areas of the shootings when they happened, and they left him alone.
Correction, that’s a good link, it’s buried down at the bottom of an article about another death row inmate.
Nitrogen Asphyxiation
Simply the cleanest, no pain, no mess, environmentally friendly way to execute someone. Strap on the mask, turn on the 100% pure Nitrogen (tanks available at welding stores) to 1.1 atmospheres, wait 5 min and check for brainwave activity. If brainwaves still present, wait 5 and check again. Repeat until no brainwave activity.
A posiiton in the Obama Administration?
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