Virginia sniper dies today.

**michelob** · November 10th, 2009, 10:55 AM

RICHMOND, Va. — Unless Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine steps in, sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad will be executed Tuesday for the attacks that terrorized the nation's capital region for three weeks in 2002.

Muhammad is set to die by injection at Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt. His attorneys have asked Kaine to commute his sentence to life in prison because they say he is mentally ill. The U.S. Supreme Court turned down Muhammad's final appeal Monday.

Muhammad was sentenced to death for killing Dean Harold Meyers at a Manassas gas station during a spree that left 10 dead across Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C.

He and his teenage accomplice, Lee Boyd Malvo, also were suspected of fatal shootings in other states, including Louisiana, Alabama and Arizona.

For the families of those killed, the day is a long time coming.

Cheryll Witz is one of several victims' relatives who were going to watch the execution. Malvo confessed that, at Muhammad's direction, he shot her father, Jerry Taylor, on a Tucson, Ariz., golf course in March 2002.

"He basically watched my dad breathe his last breath," she said. "Why shouldn't I watch his last breath?"

The shootings terrorized the Washington region, with victims gunned down while doing everyday chores like shopping or pumping gas. People stayed indoors. Those who had to go outside weaved as they walked or bobbed their heads to make themselves less of a target.

The terror ended on Oct. 24, 2002, when police captured Muhammad and Malvo as they slept at a Maryland rest stop in a car they had outfitted so a shooter could hide in the trunk and fire through a hole in the body of the vehicle. Malvo is serving a life sentence in Virginia.

Death penalty opponents planned vigils across the state, and some were headed for Jarratt, about an hour south of Richmond, for the execution.

Beth Panilaitis, executive director of Virginians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, said those who planned to protest understand the fear that gripped the community, and the nation, during the attacks.

"The greater metro area and the citizens of Virginia have been safe from this crime for seven years," Panilaitis said. "Incarceration has worked and life without the possibility of parole has and will continue to keep the people of Virginia safe."

**Jack Daniels** · November 10th, 2009, 11:40 AM

**Harmon Rabb** · November 10th, 2009, 12:12 PM

**Joey** · November 10th, 2009, 01:22 PM

Good f***ing riddance.

**Savage Indian** · November 10th, 2009, 06:49 PM

Not a good week for dallas DA assistant tray. His poor muslims brothers are not able to pull off the jihads.

**Veryld** · November 10th, 2009, 07:51 PM

It is common knowledge within enlightened communities that both John and Lee were framed for those heinous crimes.

**Jack Daniels** · November 11th, 2009, 07:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Veryld

It is common knowledge within enlightened communities that both John and Lee were framed for those heinous crimes.

lol

**michelob** · November 13th, 2009, 03:49 PM

I never looked it up.........did they kill this scumbag or what?

**Savage Indian** · November 13th, 2009, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by michelob

I never looked it up.........did they kill this scumbag or what?

Ask tray the DA assistant for Dallas texas. His muslim ass is sending the reward money to his family as we speak.