John Allen Muhammad, known as the D.C. Sniper, will be executed tonight, as Governor Tim Kaine said today that he will not grant a stay of execution for the man who left D.C. in a panic after 10 people were randomly killed in 2002.
Kaine said in a written statement: “I find no compelling reason to set aside the sentence that was recommended by the jury and then imposed and affirmed by the courts. Accordingly, I decline to intervene.”
This came after the Supreme Court said the same thing Monday -- they would not get involved in the 48-year-old's death sentence. Muhammad and 17-year-old Lee B. Malvo were caught in 2002 and were thought to have killed at least 10 people in Maryland and Washington over a 3-week shooting spree where they sniped random people doing mundane tasks like getting gas and shopping. They are also suspected of killings in 3 other states.
Malvo was sentenced to life in prison without parole, while Muhammad was given the death sentence. Muhammad's lawyers pleaded with the courts last week to get a stay of execution, claiming the man suffers from mental illness and brain damage, but they were denied.
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