WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorneys for John Allen Muhammad, mastermind of the 2002 sniper attacks in the Washington, D.C., area that left 10 dead, asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to stop his execution.
The 48-year-old Muhammad is scheduled to die by injection on Nov. 10 at a Virginia prison. In court papers, his attorneys say the execution should be put off while the court considers whether his trial lawyer was ineffective. Muhammad is also suspected of fatal shootings in other states.
DC sniper asks Supreme Court to block execution
Published: Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Updated: Tuesday, November 3, 2009
 "Photo: (AP Photo/Dave Ellis, File pool)")
(AP Photo/Dave Ellis, File pool)
FILE - In a Tuesday Nov. 18, 2003 file photo, convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad is escorted into the Virginia Beach Circuit Court in Virginia Beach, Va. The attorney for convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad says he plans to ask for clemency for his client who is scheduled for execution next month.
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