John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo terrorized the population when they went on a serial shooting spree in October 2002. Muhammad, then 41, and Malvo, then 17, shot and killed 10 people and injured ...

U.S. Attorney Paul McNulty of Virginia said if a firearm is used to carry out violence in an extortion scheme, the crime is punishable by the federal death penalty. Police believe the sniper left a ...

Prosecutors must give John Allen Muhammad's attorneys statements from as many as 13 witnesses who knew the sniper suspect that might be favorable to his defense, a judge ruled yesterday. The key issue ...

RICHMOND, Va. The Virginia Supreme Court on Friday upheld sniper John Allen Muhammad's murder convictions and death penalty for carrying out what it called a "cruel scheme of terror" that left 10 ...

The panel deliberated for about 61/2 hours before convicting Muhammad of two counts of capital murder. One accused him of taking part in multiple murders, the other -- the result of a post-Sept. 11 ...

A judge has granted a delay for the trial of John Allen Muhammad in the six Maryland deaths linked to the 2002 Washington-area sniper spree. Defendants are usually entitled to a trial within 180 days ...

Prince William County prosecutors said in court papers yesterday that they would consider sniper suspect John Allen Muhammad's request to allow a judge to determine his guilt or innocence, but they ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) -- Sniper suspect John Allen Muhammad won the right to act as his own lawyer Monday in a surprise, last-minute request at his murder trial, then broke a year of stony silence ...

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