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John Allen Muhammad, the notorious D.C. sniper, is scheduled to be executed on November 10, 2009. He is considered the mastermind behind the Washington, D. C. sniper killings. He and his accomplish, his teenaged stepson, Lee Boyd Malvo, killed 10 people during their killing spree. Read about it below and see his mugshots and a set of videos about the D.C. killings.

John Allen Muhammad

The random, unpredictable sniper killings in the Washington, D.C. area over a three week period during October 2002 fueled terror throughout the area. The two shot 13 people, killing 10 of them. The killings were completely random and without any understandable reason. Eventually, John Muhammad and his stepson, Lee Malvo, were capture, charged and convicted for the killings. Muhammad was sentenced to death. Malvo, a minor, was sentenced to life in prison.

Yesterday, Prince William County Circuit Judge Mary Grace O’Brien set November 10, 2009 as the execution date for John Allen Muhammad. She set the date on a Tuesday so that the courts would be open the day before in case there are any last minute appeals. Muhammad’s attorney, Jonathan Sheldon, has said that they will take the case to the U.S. Supreme Court and will ask Virginia Governor Timothy Kaine for clemency.

The DC snipers are suspected to have been involved in shootings in other states, including Louisiana, Arizona, Washington State and Alabama.

John Allen Muhammad - Mugshots