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Defiant DC sniper mastermind Muhammad executed

Published 11/11/09

JARRATT, Va. (AP) — John Allen Muhammad stepped foot into Virginia's death chamber and within seconds was lying on a gurney, tapping his left foot, his arms spread wide with a needle dug into each.

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"Mr. Muhammad, do you have any last words?" the warden asked the mastermind behind the D.C.-area sniper attacks that killed 10 in 2002. Muhammad, calm and stoic, was defiant to the end, refusing to utter any final words.

The 48-year-old died by injection at 9:11 p.m. Tuesday as relatives of the victims watched, reliving the killing spree that terrorized the Washington, D.C., area for three weeks that October....

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it's about time - 2009-11-12 09:39:02

i think he got what he deserved. at least he cant hurt anyone else. prayers go out to the victims and there famlies.

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muhammad meets allah - 2009-11-11 08:16:49

thank god justice was done,it's nice to see
a democrat governer that knows when it's time
to let the process work instead of interfering,and making the killer the victim.
we all no here in liberal maryland this wouldnot have taken place,omalley would have
stopped this and made it a racial issue,to get more inner city votes,instead of considering the victims and there families

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