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Virginia judge throws out state charges against sniper

Published October 2nd, 2004 - 3:01AM

FAIRFAX, Va. - A judge threw out capital murder charges Friday against sniper John Allen Muhammad in the slaying of an FBI analyst, saying prosecutors waited too long to try him.

Teen sniper agrees to plea deal, avoids chance of death penalty

Published September 28th, 2004 - 3:01AM

RICHMOND, Va. - Convicted teenage sniper Lee Boyd Malvo signed an agreement Monday to plead guilty to a second slaying as well as a wounding in the October 2002 shooting spree that left 10 people dead, his lawyer said.

Malvo deal would avoid death penalty

Published September 25th, 2004 - 3:01AM

WASHINGTON - Lawyers for convicted sniper Lee Boyd Malvo said Friday that they have negotiated a plea deal with prosecutors in Spotsylvania County, Va., that would give him another life prison sentence and rule out the death penalty.

FAIRFAX, VA.: Judge in second sniper trial removes himself from case

Published September 22nd, 2004 - 3:01AM

The judge presiding over the second prosecution of convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad has removed himself from the case after prosecutors claimed he improperly conducted his own investigation into whether Muhammad had been denied a speedy trial.

Gun shop settles with families for $2 million

Published September 9th, 2004 - 3:01AM

The Tacoma gun shop where East Coast snipers John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo got their rifle has agreed to pay $2 million to victims and their families. The settlement against Bull's Eye Shooter Supply was announced Wednesday evening.

Second trial for sniper delayed

Published September 9th, 2004 - 3:01AM

FAIRFAX, Va. - A judge Wednesday postponed until next year the second capital murder trial of convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad, a former Tacoma resident.

Muhammad criticizes treatment, awaits second sniper trial

Published September 1st, 2004 - 3:01AM

FAIRFAX, Va. - Convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad complained to a judge Tuesday that his jailers refuse to let him wear underwear and have restricted his access to his legal files.

Sniper Muhammad slips out of chains in court

Published July 30th, 2004 - 3:01AM

FAIRFAX, Va. - A court hearing for sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad was delayed briefly Thursday after Muhammad wriggled out of a chain strapped around his waist.

D.C. sniper's lawyers want prosecutor off the case

Published July 24th, 2004 - 3:01AM

FAIRFAX, VA. - Lawyers for convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad want to bar a prosecutor from putting the killer on trial again because of arguments the prosecutor made during the trial of teenage accomplice Lee Boyd Malvo.

Sniper's due process rights violated, his lawyers contend

Published July 20th, 2004 - 3:01AM

RICHMOND, Va. - Prosecutors violated John Allen Muhammad's due process rights by simultaneously presenting contradictory theories in his capital murder trial and that of fellow sniper suspect Lee Boyd Malvo, attorneys for Muhammad said in court papers Monday.

John Muhammad faces trial again

Published May 26th, 2004 - 3:01AM

The chief prosecutor in Fairfax County, Va., said Tuesday that he has decided to go forward with a second death penalty trial for John Allen Muhammad.

Sniper's ex-wife tells story to YWCA

Published April 21st, 2004 - 3:01AM

The ex-wife of convicted Washington, D.C., sniper John Muhammad said Tuesday that one of the hardest parts of raising her three children is helping them love their father.

RICHMOND, VA.: Budget woes stall 'backup' prosecution of Muhammad

Published April 4th, 2004 - 4:01AM

A state budget impasse has caused prosecutors to delay a decision on whether to try convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad in Fairfax County, Commonwealth's Attorney Robert Horan Jr. said.

Reward in sniper case to be shared

Published March 20th, 2004 - 3:01AM

Officials have decided to divide the $500,000 reward in the Washington, D.C.-area sniper case between two recipients, a Tacoma man who was the first to identify John Allen Muhammad as a suspect, and a driver who directed police to Muhammad's car at a rural Maryland rest stop, where he and Lee Boyd Malvo were arrested.

Death for sniper killing

Published March 10th, 2004 - 3:01AM

MANASSAS, Va. - Sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad was sentenced to death Tuesday by a judge who called the Washington-area shootings that left 10 people dead "so vile that they were almost beyond comprehension."

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