Virginia prosecutors are asking a state court to set a November 9 execution date for John Allen Muhammad, convicted in a series of sniper-style shootings that terrorized the Washington area in 2002.
In a letter dated Wednesday, the State Attorney General's Office wrote that the date “has been carefully coordinated with the Governor’s office to insure his availability for any clemency petition Muhammad may wish to pursue.“ This move follows last month's denial of Muhammad's final appeal in U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Muhammad is sentenced to death for the Oct 9 2002 slayings of Dean Meyers, one of 10 people shot to death during the 2002 sniper rampage that terrorized the Washington area.
Muhammad and then teen accomplice Lee Boyd Malvo are suspected in other shootings and murders in Tacoma, Washington, Montgomery, Alabama, and the Washington, D.C., area.
Malvo is serving life in prison for his part.
