Governor Denies Clemency for Sniper

Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine has cleared the way for the execution of sniper John Allen Muhammad.

Kaine denied Muhammad's clemency request Tuesday. Muhammad is scheduled to die by lethal injection Tuesday night at a Virginia prison for killing Dean Harold Meyers at a gas station during a three-week spree that left 10 people dead in 2002 across Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C.

Muhammad and his teenage accomplice, Lee Boyd Malvo, were also suspected of fatal shootings in other states including Louisiana, Alabama and Arizona. Malvo is serving a life sentence.

Muhammad's attorney, Jonathan Sheldon, says Virginia will be executing a severely mentally ill man. Muhammad has exhausted all of his court appeals.

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For those who believe the mastermind of the beltway sniper attacks should face the death penalty, the wait is almost over.

John Allen Muhammad is scheduled to die by lethal injection at a prison in Virginia Tuesday night.

The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the case without comment.

Virginia Governor Tim Kaine has also said he will not intervene.

It was 7 years ago that Muhammad and his teen accomplice Lee Boyd Malvo went on their crime spree.

For three weeks the snipers terrorized Washington D.C., Maryland and Virginia.
 
10 people died in the attacks including 53 year old Dean Meyers of Manassas, Virginia.

The engineer and veteran was gunned after stopping for gas while on his way home from work.

Meyers' brother will be among the people on hand to witness the execution.