John Allen Muhammad, A.K.A. the infamous DC Sniper, is scheduled to die by lethal injection on Tuesday night at a prison in Virginia for the killing of Dean Harold Meyers back in 2002. The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a last-minute appeal.
Muhammad,48, was the mastermind behind the 2002 beltway sniper attacks, killing 10 people with his partner in crime, Lee Boyd Malvo. Drawings by Malvo seem to depict the killing spree as part of a “jihad”.
At the trial, the prosecutor alleged that the murderous rampage was part of an elaborate scheme kill his ex-wife and regain custody of his children, but the judge decided that there wasn’t enough evidence to support this claim.
The sniper attacks in the DC, Maryland and Virginia areas occurred over a three-week period in October, 2002. In all, ten people were killed and three others were critically injured.
The reign of terror was executed by one man, John Allen Muhammad, and one minor, Lee Boyd Malvo. Malvo will spend the rest of his life behind bars.
In an attempt to get a stay of execution, his lawyer, Jonathan Sheldon, stated, “Virginia will execute a severely mentally ill man who also suffered from Gulf War Syndrome the day before Veterans Day.”
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