Executed "Washington sniper"

In the United States, John Allen Muhammad, the senior "Washington Sniper", which was found guilty of committing a number of murders in order to terrorize the population, was executed. According to AR, on November 10, at 21.10, local time in a prison in Jarrat, 48-year-old Muhammad received a deadly injection and died in front of the relatives of the people killed by him. In total, 27 people watched the execution. The killer refused the last word.

“He died quietly and calmly, calmer than most of his victims,” Princess -Wilem Prince Paul Ebert told reporters.

The highest measure of punishment was appointed Muhammad for the murder of Dean Harold Meyers, who was killed by a shot at the head at a gas station. In total, Muhammad, along with his 17-year-old partner Lee Malvo, killed 10 people from a sniper rifle. They shot from their car, in the case of which a special hole was made. The murders were committed within 3 weeks in the states of Washington, Virginia and Maryland. People were killed at gas stations, parking lots, one child was shot on the approach to the school. On October 24, both shooters were detained. For 9 murders, the jury sentenced both snipers to six lifelong terms. The investigation of Alabam and Arizon could not prove the involvement of the murders arrested in a number of murders in the states of Louisian, Alabama.

Muhammad never explained why he committed all these crimes. Recently, his ex -wife told reporters that he actually wanted to kill her and get the right to custody over their three children. According to her, all the murders committed by him were the preparation of this crime. Lee Malvo previously claimed that Muhammad wanted to knock out 10 million dollars from the US government to arrange a terrorist training camp for homeless children. Muhammad insisted on his innocence, but at the same time sent the prosecutor a request not to cancel his death penalty. The lawyers of the sniper argued that after serving in the army and participation in the hostilities in the first “war in the Gulf”, Muhammad received damage to the brain and is insane. On this basis, they tried to achieve the abolition of the death sentence, but the Supreme Court refused them on November 9.