Path Clear for Execution of D.C. Sniper

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WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday denied John Allen Muhammad's request to stay his execution, clearing the way for Virginia to put to death the man who terrorized the Washington region as the Beltway Sniper.

Justices John Paul Stevens, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor objected to the court's haste, saying it "highlights once again the perversity of executing inmates before their appeals process has been fully concluded."

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Path Clear for Execution of D.C. Sniper

Stevens, writing for the three, said Virginia had short- circuited the proce...

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