<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Sniper Shootings</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/metro/specials/shootings/2002?nav=rss_metro/specials/shootings/2002</link><description>Sniper Shootings</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Va. Court Upholds Muhammad Sentences]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8824-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/shootings/2002</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8824-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/shootings/2002</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:43:12 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Virginia Supreme Court upheld the convictions and death sentences of sniper John Allen Muhammad, saying he had acted with "breathless cruelty."]]></description><author> Carol Morello</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tacoma Buyer of Gun for Sniper Admits Misstatements]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20118-2005Apr1.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/shootings/2002</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20118-2005Apr1.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/shootings/2002</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:43:12 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A Tacoma, Wash., man who bought a high-powered rifle for sniper John Allen Muhammad in 2001, but who claimed it was for himself, has pleaded guilty in federal court in Tacoma to making a false statement while acquiring a firearm.]]></description><author> Tom Jackman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Md. Panel Hesitant on Video Game Limits]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18432-2005Mar8.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/shootings/2002</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18432-2005Mar8.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/shootings/2002</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:43:12 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Proponents of sale restrictions, similar to a measure proposed in the District, argue that explicit games have incited a wave of violence across the country.]]></description><author> David Snyder</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fairfax Said No to Malvo Plea Deal]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8498-2005Mar4.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/shootings/2002</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8498-2005Mar4.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/shootings/2002</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:43:12 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The chief prosecutor in Fairfax County would not allow Lee Boyd Malvo's testimony against fellow sniper John Allen Muhammad.]]></description><author> Tom Jackman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ruling Likely to Spare Va. Inmate]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64177-2005Mar1.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/shootings/2002</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64177-2005Mar1.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/shootings/2002</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:43:12 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Tuesday's decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that it is unconstitutional to execute  people who committed murder as juveniles affects just one of the 23 death row inmates in Virginia.]]></description><author> Carol Morello</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Malvo Deal Fell Through, Lawyer Says]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64155-2005Mar1.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/shootings/2002</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64155-2005Mar1.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/shootings/2002</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:43:12 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[With no possibility of a death sentence,  prosecuters will not try the sniper, who offered to testify against John Allen Muhammad in 2003.]]></description><author> Tom Jackman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Va. Bills, Death Penalty Would Cover Accomplices]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14931-2004Dec20.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/shootings/2002</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14931-2004Dec20.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/shootings/2002</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:43:12 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Virginia Attorney General Jerry W. Kilgore (R) on Monday proposed state legislation that would make it easier for prosecutors to seek the death penalty in cases like the Washington area sniper killings.]]></description><author> Michael D. Shear</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sniper Case Goes Before Va. High Court]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19087-2004Nov2.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/shootings/2002</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19087-2004Nov2.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/shootings/2002</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:43:12 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ RICHMOND, Nov. 2 -- Attorneys  for convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad launched the first arguments against Virginia's anti-terrorism law before the state Supreme Court on Tuesday, saying it could not be used to sentence Muhammad to death because he was not the one who pulled the trigger.]]></description><author> Tom Jackman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Malvo Pleads Guilty]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64390-2004Oct26.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/shootings/2002</link><guid 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cost $2 million.]]></description><author> Michelle Boorstein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Muhammad's Fairfax Case Is Dismissed]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9629-2004Oct5.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/shootings/2002</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9629-2004Oct5.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/shootings/2002</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:43:12 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Muhammad's lawyers successfully argued that prosecutors had violated his right to a speedy trial.]]></description><author> Tom Jackman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inmate's Offer to Testify Gave Muhammad Prosecutors Pause]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7264-2004Oct4.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/shootings/2002</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7264-2004Oct4.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/shootings/2002</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:43:12 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Prince William County prosecutors wrestled with a tricky question last year when they were preparing to persuade jurors to recommend a death sentence for convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad.]]></description><author> Ian Shapira</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sniper Case Unsettles Usual Police Procedure]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6995-2004Oct4.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/shootings/2002</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6995-2004Oct4.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/shootings/2002</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:43:12 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Judge's ruling on "detainer" may force prosecutors to devise new ways of monitoring  defendants who are being held in other counties.]]></description><author> Tom Jackman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sniper Charges Dropped]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41-2004Oct1.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/shootings/2002</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41-2004Oct1.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/shootings/2002</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:43:12 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A Fairfax County judge Friday dismissed capital murder charges against John Allen Muhammad, ruling the convicted sniper's right to a speedy trial had been violated.]]></description><author> Tom Jackman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Time, and Place, for Reflection]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1366-2004Oct1.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/shootings/2002</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1366-2004Oct1.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/shootings/2002</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:43:12 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  After the politicians had voiced their sympathy, and after family members of sniper victims had offered words of sorrow and hope, Nelson Rivera stood on the Reflection Terrace, a memorial to those who died in October 2002 that Montgomery County officials unveiled yesterday.]]></description><author> Cameron W. Barr</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Malvo to Get Plea Deal]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48332-2004Sep24.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/shootings/2002</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48332-2004Sep24.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/shootings/2002</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:43:12 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Lawyers for convicted sniper Lee Boyd Malvo said Friday that they have negotiated with prosecutors in Spotsylvania County that would give him another life prison sentence and rule out the death penalty.]]></description><author> Tom Jackman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Muhammad Judge Takes Up Speedy Trial Issue]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43437-2004Sep22.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/shootings/2002</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43437-2004Sep22.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/shootings/2002</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:43:12 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Fairfax Circuit Judge M. Langhorne Keith indicated there may be enough evidence to warrant a dismissal of charges in the second murder trial of John Allen Muhammad.]]></description><author> Tom Jackman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge Removes Himself From Va. Sniper Case]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39876-2004Sep21.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/shootings/2002</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39876-2004Sep21.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/shootings/2002</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:43:12 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The Fairfax County judge overseeing the second trial of John Allen Muhammad recused himself yesterday after he had been accused by prosecutors of conducting his own investigation into a claim by the convicted sniper's attorneys.]]></description><author> Tom Jackman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosecutors Sharpen Call for Removal of Sniper Judge in Fairfax]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31921-2004Sep18.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/shootings/2002</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31921-2004Sep18.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/shootings/2002</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:43:12 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Fairfax County judge overseeing sniper John Allen Muhammad's case questioned Prince William County jailers about their powers and procedures, altered Muhammad's jail file and repeatedly suggested that a key document had been doctored, Fairfax prosecutors contended in a renewed motion that the judge step down.]]></description><author> Tom Jackman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sniper Attorneys Defend Judge's Pr. William Trip]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30432-2004Sep17.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/shootings/2002</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30432-2004Sep17.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/shootings/2002</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:43:12 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The Fairfax County judge in the next murder trial of sniper John Allen Muhammad did nothing wrong by traveling to Prince William County last week to investigate the case and should not recuse himself from the trial, Muhammad's lawyers argued yesterday.]]></description><author> Tom Jackman</author></item></channel></rss>