Teenage sniper suspect faces death penalty

A judge has said 17-year-old sniper suspect John Lee Malvo can be tried as an adult, making him eligible for the death penalty.

Juvenile Court Judge Charles Maxfield ruled in Fairfax, Virginia, after a hearing in which prosecutors said Malvo tauntingly tried to extort $10m (€9.4m) from authorities during the killing spree and that fingerprints on the murder weapon and other evidence tied the teenager to four attacks - three of them fatal.