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| Sniper to ask Va governor for clemency |
| 2009-10-16 |
| The attorney for convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad says he plans to ask for clemency for his client, who's scheduled for execution next month. Jonathan Sheldon plans to file the request next Thursday with Gov. Timothy Kaine, according to an announcement on his law firm's Web site. Sheldon also plans to file an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court. Kaine previously has said he's unlikely to grant clemency but would review Muhammad's request. Muhammad was sentenced to death for the October 2002 slaying of Dean Harold Meyers at a Manassas gas station during a string of shootings that left 10 people dead and three wounded in Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Maryland. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 still bugs me he is called a 'sniper' :( |
| Posted by: abu do you love 2009-10-16 21:34 |
| #5 "No. NEXT!" |
| Posted by: mojo 2009-10-16 18:25 |
| #4 I don't think even death-penalty-hater Tim Kaine is so politically suicidal he'd commute that sentence. There's a good reason Virginia was given first crack at this clown.... I'll lift a glass in celebration that night. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-10-16 18:04 |
| #3 Hurry and execute that bastard before he's the next poster-child for the left a la, Mumia Abu-Jamal, the police killer. |
| Posted by: HammerHead 2009-10-16 14:46 |
| #2 It would be helpful, of course, if the convicted sniper raised his victims from the dead and had them sign his petition for clemency. Without that, the Golden Rule, "treat others as you wish to be treated" may have a nasty edge on execution day. |
| Posted by: whatadeal 2009-10-16 10:57 |
| #1 Cowardly bastard should be boiled slowly in Quaker State 10w-40 for asking. |
| Posted by: Besoeker in Duitsland 2009-10-16 03:36 |