US sniper who killed 10 faces execution as appeal fails

A sniper who terrorised America during a three-week killing spree in 2002 is due to be executed today after an 11th-hour bid to block his death failed.

US sniper who killed 10 faces execution as appeal fails
Tue, 10 Nov, 2009 - 07:31

A sniper who terrorised America during a three-week killing spree in 2002 is due to be executed today after an 11th-hour bid to block his death failed.

The US Supreme Court refused to stand in the way of John Allen Muhammad’s planned execution by lethal injection inside a Virginia prison for killing Dean Harold Meyers.

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