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• John Allen Muhammad executed

  
  South Carolina Criminal Defense Blog — Authority: 121
  From CNN : Muhammads attorney had argued his client was not given sufficient time to file his final appeal, but said Tuesday -- after the high court and the governor declined his request for a stay -- that he would make no further efforts to delay the matter. "We respect their decisions and will make no more legal ...
  7 hours ago

• DC Sniper John Allen Muhammad Executed

  
  News America Now — Authority: 136
  John Allen Muhammad, the so-called DC sniper was executed at 9:11pm by the state of the Virginia. “Virginia’s governor refused to spare the life of John Allen Muhammad and cleared the way for his execution Tuesday night for the 2002 sniper attacks that left 10 dead and spread such fear that people were reluctant ...
  7 hours ago

• In which The Common Man drinks beer and rededicates himself to blogging...

  
  The Common Man — Authority:
  Being a good dad and a productive employee and a blogger has proven difficult in recent months, but The Common Man is compelled to write tonight, not because of baseball (though hell get around to that, he promises), but because he cant get three murderers out of his head. The first is Nidal Malik Husan, the alleged ...
  9 hours ago

• DC Sniper Faces Execution Tonight

  
  Kreuzer's Korner — Authority: 513
  Virginia’s governor has refused to spare the life of convicted DC sniper John Allen Muhammad and has cleared the way for his execution tonight for the attacks in 2002 that left 10 dead. Attorney J. Wyndal Gordon said Muhammad has no regrets and expects to die with dignity. From the Associated Press : The ...
  9 hours ago

• The state of Virgina is fixin to kill Muhammad

  
  Bent Corner — Authority: 133
  Tonight at 9 p.m the state of Virgina will be executing John Allen Muhammad, one of the so-called beltway snipers. Back in 2002, Muhammad and his young ward, Lee Boyd Malvo, terrorized people in... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  9 hours ago

• DC Sniper to be executed tonight

  
  CaroLINES — Authority: 138
  John Allen Muhammad will be executed tonight. After a series of appeals and a rather hurried process, Virginia Governor Tim Kaine declined to "intervene". He sees no reason to stop the execution. I have to say I do agree with him. Overall, Im opposed to the death penalty. I think it is used far too often, ...
  11 hours ago

• Anti-death penalty appeal for Yong Vui Kong – Singapore

  
  Readings From A Political Duo-ble — Authority: 413
  Source: Amnesty International Canada (from Singabloodypore) Friends, We have learned that Yong Vui Kong’s final appeal to Singapore’s President is expected to be heard with the coming week. It is, therefore, urgent that our appeals to him are sent before that decision is made.  I am urging those who have not ...
  11 hours ago

• Dave Mann on Todays Capitol Events

  
  The StandDown Texas Project — Authority: 511
  Dave Mann covered todays Senate Criminal Justice Committee meeting and the Rodney Ellis, Barry Scheck news conference that followed.  Hes posted, " The Willingham Hearing ," at his Texas Observer blog. Mann has written an impressive series of articles for the Observer uncovering other flawed Texas arson cases, noted ...
  12 hours ago

• Death & Taxes

  
  Feministe — Authority: 641
  Tonight, my tax dollars — and yours, if you’re in the United States — are paying to kill John Allen Muhammad. Maybe I’m missing it, but I haven’t seen any outrage from pro-life organizations, have you?
  12 hours ago

• Perry Appointee In No Rush To Wade Back Into Willingham Case

  
  TPMMuckraker — Authority: 782
  The Texas prosecutor appointed by Governor Rick Perry to chair a state forensics commission wont say when, if ever, his panel will hear from an arson expert who had been scheduled to testify about a flawed arson investigation that may have led to the death of an innocent man. Asked, during a state Senate hearing, ...
  12 hours ago

• Archived Video of Senate Hearing & Ellis, Scheck News Conference Available

  
  The StandDown Texas Project — Authority: 511
  Streaming video of this mornings Texas Senate Criminal Justice hearing on the Forensic Science Commission has been posted to the Archived Video section of the Senate website, here . Following the hearing, Senator Rodney Ellis held a news conference with Innocence Project Co-Director Barry Scheck.  Its also ...
  12 hours ago

• Bishop Loverde on John Allen Muhammed

  
  Southern Illinois Catholic — Authority: 446
  Tonight the DC Beltway Sniper, a Muslim convert, John Allen Muhammed, will be put to death. His appeals were exhausted. Catholic governor Tim Kaine denied him as did SCOTUS. This is a tough thing. The man is evil. He killed many and terrorized many more of us for weeks on end 7 years ago this fall. John Paul II ...
  12 hours ago

• Missing the Point

  
  Lawyers, Guns and Money — Authority: 700
  Theres something very depressing about the oral arguments on juvenile sentencing yesterday. Its not just that, at best, the court seems headed towards a content fre...er, "minimalist" balancing test. In theory, I dont even have a problem with proportionality review in these cases; its true enough that it doesnt ...
  14 hours ago

• DC Sniper to Die Tonight

  
  Little Green Footballs — Authority: 610
  DC sniper John Allen Muhammad is scheduled to die by lethal injection tonight at 9 pm in Virginia. ABC News’ Russell Goldman interviewed one of Muhammad’s (and teenage accomplice Lee Boyd Malvo’s) victims, Paul LaRuffa, who amazingly survived five gunshots at close range: Survivor of Beltway Sniper Wants ...
  14 hours ago

• NY Times Profiles DP Benefit Tax Provision in House Health Reform Bill

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 453
  Check out the New York Times’ story, “Potentially One Less Tax Penalty for Gay Couples” profiling the provision we’ve told you about in the House version of health care reform that would end the unfair taxation of domestic partner health benefits (similar benefits offered to married spouses are not taxed):This ...
  16 hours ago

• Closure in DC Sniper Case

  
  JD Journal — Authority: 139
  John Allen Muhammad, better known as the DC Sniper, is scheduled for execution tonight after the Supreme Court turned down his appeal.  Virginia Governor Tim Kaine has also turned down a plea for clemency.  Muhammad’s lawyers argue that he should not be executed because he is mentally ill.  With no further legal ...
  16 hours ago

• Ohio: Hearing Scheduled

  
  PARDON POWER — Authority: 126
  WYTV 33 ABC reports here that Kenneth Biros "is remorseful, has shown spiritual growth and has been a model prisoner." As a result, Biros has obtained a hearing before the state patrol board. Prosecutor Dennis Watkins opposes clemency for Biros, however, and calls his case one of the very worst that he has been ...
  16 hours ago

• Troy Davis-Inspired Bill Aims to Allow Death Row Inmates to Present Newly Discovered Evidence

  
  ANIMAL — Authority: 717
  A few weeks ago we told you about Troy Davis , a Georgia man sentenced to death in 1991 for the murder of a Savannah police officer. In the years since Davis’ trial, numerous witnesses who testified against him have recanted their testimony saying that they were coerced and intimidated by aggressive law enforcement ...
  17 hours ago

• A Tune for the Tunesmith (Paying the Piper in America)....

  
  The Celestial Navigator — Authority: 113
  Today, at 6:00PM PST, John Muhammed, the notorious Beltway Sniper, is scheduled to die from a large trifecta of legally-administered drugs. He came to this sorry pass by way of the American legal system, for having killed several of his fellow countrymen at some distance, in an insane and convoluted plot which was ...
  18 hours ago

• IMMORAL: SCOTUS to allow John Muhammad to die

  
  The TIW Blog — Authority: 426
  Chances are (because you read this site) you agree with me most of the time on at least some of the issues we discuss. I say this so that you are not alarmed at my view that the Supreme Court of the United States has once again behaved in a most immoral manner by allowing the execution of the beltway sniper jihadist ...
  19 hours ago

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