On May 1, 2006, jury selection in the second trial of John Allen Muhammad began in Montgomery County, Maryland. Muhammad faced six charges of murder arising from a three-week shooting spree in the Washington, DC area in 2002. Muhammad chose to represent himself during the proceedings, although he was advised by three "stand-by" attorneys. Although Muhammad faced life imprisonment at the outset of the Maryland proceedings, he had already been sentenced to death after his conviction for a similar murder charge in Virginia. Muhammad was ultimately convicted on all charges by the Maryland jury. He was executed by the state of Virginia on November 11, 2009.

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