Convicted Sniper Will Die By Lethal Injection

Alabama Execution John Allen Muhammad declined to choose between lethal injection and electrocution so under state law the method defaults to lethal injection. Muhammahd killed 10 people in four states including Alabama.

by The Associated Press

Published: Tue, October 27, 2009 - 10:20 am CST

RICHMOND, Virginia - (AP) - Convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad will
die by lethal injection when he is executed next month.
Virginia Department of Corrections spokesman Larry Traylor says
Muhammad declined to choose between lethal injection and
electrocution, so under state law the method defaults to lethal
injection.
Muhammad is scheduled to be executed on Nov. 10 for the October
2002 slaying of Dean Harold Meyers at a Manassas gas station during
a string of shootings.
In all, 10 people were killed were in four states, including
Alabama and Louisiana, before Muhammad and a co-defendant moved on
to Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia for a rampage
that terrified residents of the D.C. region. Six people also were
wounded.
Muhammad's teenage co-defendant Lee Boyd Malvo is serving a life
sentence.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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lillybell Says:

Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 4:01 pm

totally agree

Fox Says:

Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 1:22 pm

I’ll be surprised if it happens as scheduled. Realistically, killers spend 30 years on death row before their sentence is carried out.

The only other recent, timely one I can think of was Timothy McVeigh, the OK City bomber.

theodore Says:

Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 10:44 am

and not a moment too soon! has anyone ever mentioned that these two thugs were also gay? yes, they were lovers while they murdered innocent people for fun! maybe they should be put to sleep together, holding hands or something! would it not save the taxpayers some money by getting two for the price of one?