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Christian Science Monitor (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to block John Allen Muhammad's execution, scheduled for Tuesday in a Virginia prison.
Below The Beltway (Free subscription) | yesterday
It would appear that the man who helped bring terror to the Washington, D.C. suburbs is at the end of his rope: The Supreme Court on Monday denied John Allen Muhammad’s request to stay his execution, clearing the way for Virginia to put to death the man who terrorized the Washington region as the Beltway Sniper. Justices [...]
The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
The planned Tuesday night execution of John Allen Muhammad remains set following the U.S. Supreme Court's refusal to stay the death sentence. Justices John Paul Stevens, Sonia Sotomayor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg filed a two-page statement, saying: “This case highlights...
TalkLeft (Free subscription) | yesterday
Chief Justice John Roberts signaled today at oral arguments in the Supreme Court in two cases involving the constitutionality of life without parole sentences for juveniles convicted of non-homicide crimes, that he's not inclined to find them unconstitutional . Neither are Justices Antonin Scalia and Samuel Alito. More receptive were Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and John Paul...
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Supreme Court on Monday refused an eleventh-hour appeal to block the execution of John Allen Muhammad, mastermind of the 2002 Washington-area sniper attacks. Muhammad is scheduled to die by injection Tuesday in a Virginia prison for the Oct. 9, 2002, killing of Dean Harold Meyers at a Manassas, Va., gas station. Though the appeal was denied, Justice John Paul Stevens...
DCist (Free subscription) | yesterday
The U.S. Supreme Court has denied convicted D.C. Sniper John Allen Muhammad's request to stay his execution. Barring any unforeseen intervention, the decision means that Muhammad will be put to death by the state of Virginia at 9 p.m. on Tuesday night. The Post notes that Justices John Paul Stevens, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor all objected to the speed at which...
Paralegal SLO (Free subscription) | yesterday
The U.S. Supreme Supreme Court has refused to delay a Tuesday evening execution for convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad. The court refused to grant a stay and also refused to hear an appeal filed by lawyers for Muhammad, SCOTUSblog reports. Muhammad’s cert petition had asserted that the appeal of his Virginia conviction had moved through the court system too quickly, the Los Angeles Times...
Patterico's Pontifications (Free subscription) | yesterday
[Guest post by DRJ] The Beltway snipers terrorized the Washington DC-Virginia area in September and October 2002. John Allen Williams aka John Allen Muhammad was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death. His teenage accomplice, Lee Boyd Malvo, was also convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. Muhammad’s execution is set for [...]
The Swamp (Free subscription) | yesterday
by David G. Savage The Supreme Court today cleared the way for the execution of Beltway sniper John Allen Muhammad. Scheduled for execution Tuesday evening in Virginia, Muhammad was convicted of masterminding the sniper-shooting rampage that terrorized the Washington, D.C., area in the fall of 2002. Sixteen people were shot, and 10 of them died. The justices turned down a final emergency appeal...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
The Supreme Court on Monday denied John Allen Muhammad's request to stay his execution, clearing the way for Virginia to put to death the man who terrorized the Washington region as the Beltway Sniper.
JURIST (Free subscription) | yesterday
[JURIST] The US Supreme Court on Monday denied a stay of execution for convicted DC-area sniper John Allen Muhammad, clearing the way for his scheduled execution on Tuesday. Muhammad had filed an application for stay of execution as well as a petition for certiorari last week. The Court denied both the stay application and the petition for certiorari. Justice John Paul Stevens...
STLtoday.com (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday declined to block the execution of John A. Muhammad, the sniper who terrorized the Washington area seven years ago. The step cleared the way for Muhammad to be put to death tonight.The court did not comment in refusing to hear Muhammad's appeal, but three justices objected to the relative haste accompanying the execution.Justice John Paul...
Los Angeles Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
John Allen Muhammad was convicted of masterminding the shooting rampage that killed 10 people in the Washington area in 2002. He is to be put to death Tuesday. The Supreme Court today cleared the way for the execution of Beltway sniper John Allen Muhammad.
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
John Allen Muhammad was convicted of masterminding the shooting rampage that killed 10 people in the Washington area in 2002. He is to be put to death Tuesday. The Supreme Court today cleared the way for the execution of Beltway sniper John Allen Muhammad.
Sentencing Law and Policy (Free subscription) | yesterday
As detailed in this new Washington Post piece, today the Supreme Court "denied John Allen Muhammad's request to stay his execution, clearing the way for Virginia to put to death the man who terrorized the Washington region as the Beltway...
