He Wants A “Do-Over”
I had a rougher childhood than most of the kids I went to school with. I’m sure some of you had mighty strict parents also.
And I have to wonder how many of the victims of this slaughterfest had tough and strict unbringings as kids.
But we/they didn’t pick up a rifle and pick off innocent people going about their own business like plastic ducks in some arcade game.
When do they and their families get a “Do-Over”???
One of the snipers who terrorised Washington DC in 2002 is making a fresh appeal that lawyers hope could save him from the death penalty.
His lawyers say the jury that condemned John Allen Muhammad to death was improperly prevented from hearing evidence of his tough childhood.
Muhammad and his teenage accomplice, Lee Boyd Malvo, went on a killing spree that left 10 people dead.
The capital, as well as parts of Maryland and Virginia, were in a state of terror for several weeks while the pair shot people at random.
The older man was sentenced to death while Boyd was given life in prison.
Now Muhammad’s lawyers are arguing that the jury in his trial should have been able to hear about his upbringing.
As a child he was regularly whipped with hose pipes and electrical cords and beaten with hammers and sticks by family members.
In their filing, lawyers detail much of the evidence that was banned from Muhammad’s 2003 trial because he refused to be interviewed by the prosecutors’ mental-health expert.
As punishment, the trial judge LeRoy F Millette Jr barred the defence from putting on expert testimony of its own during the penalty phase.
Muhammad’s brothers and sisters would have testified that they and Muhammad were regularly beaten by aunts, uncles and grandparents while growing up in Louisiana, when he was known as John Allen Williams, the lawyers said.
They also say there is evidence that Muhammad’s brain suffered abnormalities that are associated with schizophrenia and other disorders.
The appeal is a habeas corpus petition, typically the last round of appeals available to a death row inmate.
Barring extraordinary circumstances, Virginia will be free to execute Muhammad if the habeas petition is not granted by either the federal district judge, the fourth US Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond or the US Supreme Court.
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Sorry bud, you do the crime, you pay the fine. It’s too late once you’ve pulled the trigger and ended someone else’s life on your own illegitimate authority.
April 26th, 2008 at 6:51 pm“Dead man Walkin!”
April 26th, 2008 at 7:22 pmFry him. Why waste taxpayer $ on such a useless POS? It doesn’t matter what the circumstances were, it matters what he did. Did he steal food to eat, break into a store to get a meal, or anything like that? No, he resorted to killing people, sniper-style. There are no mitigating factors to consider. Kill him and move on.
April 26th, 2008 at 8:16 pmI had to step away from responding to this post because my mind blew a micro-chip.
Now that I’m fixed, they might as well let Malvo go. They should have executed him & his….whatever the fuck you wanna call the little pig that helped him….
When it comes to something of this nature, execution should be carried out within 24 hours. Not after several years or in this case….almost a fucking decade.
We’ve had dozens of copy-cat snipers throughout the country not long after the DC sniper incident…and incidentally, Malvo is no sniper or at least his performance doesn’t convince me.
Didn’t they catch this guy sleeping on the side of the road in a van? That’s the kind of trait you would expect from a hobo & not a sniper. It’s just a media-given name to sensationalize the story. Make it sound ‘juicy’ & ‘mysterious’.
Too little too late. Damage has been done & the message is:
“If you are a murderer, go to jail for several years, enjoy free food, a warm bed, free health care, & maybe even a little dope to smoke. They’ll get around to executing you someday but at least you can still enjoy yourself.”
April 26th, 2008 at 8:59 pmSay your prayers. Be ready to meet the Maker.
April 26th, 2008 at 9:00 pmI would have no problem excuting this person…bullet, electric chair, baseball bat. He killed for nopurpose, he can die with no purpose…
April 26th, 2008 at 11:33 pmI READ A STORY ABOUT THE FBI REPORT PROFILING THE TWO COLUMBINE ASSASSINS.
ONE OF THEM WAS A FOLLOWER AND THE OTHER WAS…”AN ICY KILLER WITH NO CONSCIENCE”…
“FIT THE CHILDHOOD PROFILE OF VIRTUALLY EVERY SERIAL KILLER WE’VE PROFILED”
THIS DC SNIPER’S NO DIFFERENT, HE’S FOREFITED HIS MEMBERSHIP IN THE HUMAN RACE…FUCK EM’
April 26th, 2008 at 11:45 pmI agree with you all.
But fucked up if he and his siblings were beaten with hoses, bats, and hammers as kids. Can’t imagine what that would do.
April 27th, 2008 at 12:03 amsomeone mail this man a Monopoly “Get Out Jail Free Card”
April 27th, 2008 at 12:16 am