DC Sniper John Allen Muhammad Has Been Executed
Jarratt, Virginia (CNN) — Washington-area sniper John Allen Muhammad was executed Tuesday by lethal injection, a Virginia prisons spokesman said. He was declared dead at 9:11 p.m., said Larry Traylor, director of communications for the Virginia Department of Corrections. “There were no complications; Mr. Mohammad was asked if he wished to make a last statement,” he told reporters. “He did not acknowledge this or make a last statement whatsoever.” Mohammad, 48, said nothing from the time he entered the death chamber accompanied by guards, Traylor said. Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine denied a last-minute clemency request Tuesday for Muhammad, the mastermind … Continue reading DC Sniper John Allen Muhammad Has Been Executed