A US jury was considering today whether Washington sniper Lee Malvo should live or die, after the teenager was convicted of capital murder over the three-week reign of terror.

The jury in the Washington sniper murder trial of Lee Malvo was due to consider its verdict today, after hearing closing arguments from both sides in the case.

Lee Boyd Malvo was legally insane during last year’s sniper spree because of intense indoctrination by sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad, a defence psychiatrist testified at Malvo’s trial in Chesapeake, Virginia.

Prosecutors have said Lee Malvo’s lawyers have not produced enough evidence to support an insanity defence in the Washington sniper trial.

Teenager sniper suspect Lee Malvo sought a way out of his “situation” a few months before the Washington attacks, a court was told.

THE ex-wife of Washington sniper John Muhammad has said she called police to report a car similar to the one used in the killing spree near her home — supporting a defence argument that she was the ultimate target.

The ex-wife of Washington sniper John Muhammad has said she called police to report a car similar to the one used in the killing spree near her home - supporting a defence argument that she was the ultimate target.

A teenager accused of being one of the Washington snipers went on trial for his life today.

ONE of two men accused of the Washington sniper shootings pleaded not guilty as his murder trial began yesterday.