DC sniper Muhammad moved to Maryland to face second trial News
DC sniper Muhammad moved to Maryland to face second trial

[JURIST] John Allen Muhammad [Wikipedia profile], who has been convicted of murder in Virginia [JURIST report] for one of the ten Washington DC area sniper killings, was moved Friday from Virginia's death row to Maryland in order to face trial for six other deaths in the 2002 killing spree. Muhammad also faces the death penalty in Maryland. His accomplice, Lee Boyd Malvo [Wikipedia profile], was transferred to Maryland in May for trial. Malvo has also already been sentenced to life in Virginia [JURIST report]. AP has more.

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