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| US sniper execution appeal denied | US sniper execution appeal denied |
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| The US Supreme Court has rejected an appeal for a stay of execution from lawyers for the man behind the 2002 sniper attacks in Washington DC. | The US Supreme Court has rejected an appeal for a stay of execution from lawyers for the man behind the 2002 sniper attacks in Washington DC. |
| John Allen Muhammad was sentenced to death by lethal injection for the murder of Dean Harold Meyers, one of 10 people killed during the shootings. | John Allen Muhammad was sentenced to death by lethal injection for the murder of Dean Harold Meyers, one of 10 people killed during the shootings. |
| The court gave no reason for the rejection of the clemency appeal. | The court gave no reason for the rejection of the clemency appeal. |
| Muhammad's then teenage accomplice, Lee Boyd Malvo, is serving life in prison for his part in the attacks. | |
| The two men killed six people in Alabama and Louisiana before moving on to Maryland, Washington and Virginia. | The two men killed six people in Alabama and Louisiana before moving on to Maryland, Washington and Virginia. |
| Mr Meyers was shot at a petrol station in Manassas, Virginia. | Mr Meyers was shot at a petrol station in Manassas, Virginia. |
| Muhammad is due to be executed at a prison in Virginia on Tuesday but his lawyers have criticised the court ruling. | |
| "Virginia will execute a severely mentally ill man who also suffered from Gulf War Syndrome," the Associated Press news agency quoted lawyer Jonathan Sheldon as saying. | |
| Mr Sheldon also criticised the timing of the execution, due the day before Veterans Day, a US public holiday honouring the military. |