VA gov clears way for DC sniper's execu

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VA gov clears way for DC sniper's execu
Tue, 11-10-2009 - 2:42pm

Va. gov clears way for DC sniper's execution

Gov. Tim Kaine denied clemency Tuesday for sniper John Allen Muhammad, clearing the way for him to be executed for the attacks that terrorized the nation's capital region for three weeks in 2002.


By DENA POTTER


Associated Press Writer


RICHMOND, Va. —


Gov. Tim Kaine denied clemency Tuesday for sniper John Allen Muhammad, clearing the way for him to be executed for the attacks that terrorized the nation's capital region for three weeks in 2002.


Muhammad is set to die by injection Tuesday night at Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt. His attorneys had asked Kaine to commute his sentence to life in prison because they say he is mentally ill. The U.S. Supreme Court turned down his final appeal.


"I find no compelling reason to set aside the sentence that was recommended by the jury and then imposed and affirmed by the courts," Kaine, who is known for carefully considering death penalty cases, said in a statement. "Accordingly, I decline to intervene."


Muhammad was sentenced to death for killing Dean Harold Meyers at a Manassas gas station during a three-week spree that left 10 dead across Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C.



remainder of article: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010242757_apussniperexecution.html


I was actually in D.C. when he was caught.  I remember the ride from Dulles into D.C. - cop cars at every over pass, etc.  And that wasn't all that long after 9/11 either.  IMHO, while I don't support the death penalty, there are exceptions...and he is one of them.


 


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