Gov. Tim Kaine issued a statement Tuesday after denying clemency for John Allen Muhammad, one of the convicted 2002 Washington, D.C. metro area snipers.
In the statement, Kaine stated the reasons for the execution, which was held Tuesday night at the Greensville Correctional Facility.
In Virginia, Muhammad was convicted of the planned murder of Dean Meyers in 2002. He and Lee Boyd Malvo were arrested for 10 murders and three other shootings in the Washington D.C., area.
The Virginia Supreme Court confirmed Muhammad’s convictions and death sentence on April 22, 2005. The United States Supreme Court rejected Muhammad’s petition for a writ of certiorari on May 15, 2006.
“Having carefully reviewed the petition for clemency and judicial opinions regarding this case, 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’s statement said. “Accordingly, I decline to intervene.”
by priya saxena, news staff writer
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Bravo Bravo way to put that scumbag down for good.
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The Virgina system of criminal justice has now succeeded in doing what it found worthy of execution - a planned killing of another human being. The excuse, - we can.
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The excuse- He was a murderer who deserved to be put to death.
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"Your children are not safe at any time" - John Allen Muhammad, 2002
He was in full control of his destiny. He could have been a man and taken the loss of custody of his kids by getting a job and begrudgingly paying child support. Instead, he went out and declared Jihad on people whom he had never met and terrorized a region for three weeks.
Justice was done tonight.
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A terrorist in every sense. I remember keeping an eye out for white vans (everywhere) in Rockville...
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I have read someplace that it is cheaper to keep an inmate in prison for life than to use the death penalty...that aside its hard to speak from the perspective of the family members. If they can sleep better now and feel that closure has occurred, good for them.
I still think that sitting in jail for the next 30, 40, 50 years would be more painful and a trying experience for him.
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Lee Boyd Malvo, who acted at the behest of Muhammad, is doing just that. He's out in the coal country of FAR southwestern Virginia (a few miles from Kentucky) at Red Onion State Prison. Supermax, rarely sees the light of day, was all too eager to try to work out a deal with the feds where he'd cop a guilty plea to additional crimes to get moved to a softer federal pen. Thankfully, Virginia prosecutors objected and Lee will remain at Red Onion the rest of his life.
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