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| Execution date set for US sniper | Execution date set for US sniper |
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| A US judge in Virginia has set a 10 November execution date for the man behind the 2002 sniper attacks on the Washington DC area. | A US judge in Virginia has set a 10 November execution date for the man behind the 2002 sniper attacks on the Washington DC area. |
| John Allen Muhammad was sentenced to death for the murder of Dean Meyers, one of 10 people killed during the shootings. | John Allen Muhammad was sentenced to death for the murder of Dean Meyers, one of 10 people killed during the shootings. |
| Muhammad's teenage accomplice Lee Boyd Malvo is serving life in prison for his part in the attacks. | Muhammad's teenage accomplice Lee Boyd Malvo is serving life in prison for his part in the attacks. |
| Muhammad's lawyer said his client would appeal to the US Supreme Court. | Muhammad's lawyer said his client would appeal to the US Supreme Court. |
| The lawyer, Jonathan Sheldon, also said he would ask Virginia Governor Timothy Kaine for clemency. | The lawyer, Jonathan Sheldon, also said he would ask Virginia Governor Timothy Kaine for clemency. |
| Muhammad and Malvo killed six people in Alabama and Louisiana before moving on to Maryland, Washington and Virginia. | Muhammad and Malvo killed six people in Alabama and Louisiana before moving on to Maryland, Washington and Virginia. |
| Malvo was 17 at the time of the killings | |
| Mr Meyers was shot at a petrol station in Manassas, Virginia. | Mr Meyers was shot at a petrol station in Manassas, Virginia. |
| In August a federal appeals court rejected Muhammad's argument that prosecutors withheld critical evidence and that he never should have been allowed to act as his own attorney for a portion of his trial because he was too mentally impaired. | |
| The attorney general's office had requested last week that the execution be on Monday 9 November. | |
| But Prince William County Circuit judge Mary Grace O'Brien chose Tuesday, so the courts would be open the day before for any last-minute appeals. |