D.C. Sniper Calls Himself “This Innocent Black Man”
RICHMOND, Va. – Attorneys for John Allen Muhammad released a May 2008 letter on Wednesday in which the mastermind of the deadly 2002 sniper attacks in the Washington, D.C., area proclaims his innocence.
The rambling, handwritten letter was made available because of requests for a statement from Muhammad, his attorneys wrote on the Web page of their law firm. The letter was filed in federal court in connection with Muhammad’s unsuccessful attempt to block his execution, the attorneys said.
Muhammad, 48, is scheduled to die by injection on Nov. 10 at a Virginia prison.
In the letter dated May 8, 2008, and rife with misspellings, Muhammad writes of discussions with a new team of attorneys and of assurances that “exculpatory evidence” that he claims was withheld from his trial “will prove my innocent and what really happen ….”
The letter adds: “So all you police and prosecutors can stand-down-’rushing’ to murder this innocent black man for something he nor his son (Lee) had nothing to do with ….”
Lee Boyd Malvo was Muhammad’s teenage accomplice, who is serving a life sentence. Muhammad fostered a father-son relationship with Malvo but the two were not related.
Jonathan Sheldon, one of Muhammad’s attorneys, wrote in an e-mail to The Associated Press that the letter has been filed in U.S. District Court since May 2008. “It just had not come to public attention, like much of our filings,” he wrote.
The letter, written under the heading “Attorney Client Privilege,” was apparently filed during an attempt by lawyers to spare Muhammad from the death penalty.
In their filing, the lawyers said Muhammad was regularly whipped with hose pipes and electrical cords and beaten with hammers and sticks by family members during a brutal childhood.
Muhammad was convicted of killing Dean Harold Meyers at a Manassas, Va., gas station during a three-week spree that killed 10 in October 2002. The killings happened in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia.
Tuesday, Muhammad’s attorneys asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stop his execution.
Muhammad’s lawyers also have asked Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine for clemency, saying Muhammad is mentally ill and should not be executed.
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I wish he would write a book… I definately would buy it
he’s crying innocent cuz he’s about to be terminated soon?? figures….his victims and their loved ones deserve justice…..
BOYYYY PLEASE WHATEVA..ITS TIME TO MEET THE BIG MAN.ITS TIME TO PAY YO DUES.DAMMM YO CANT EVEN MAKE IT FOR THANKSGIVING.KILLERS GET NO LOVE FROM ME.
I hate 2 say this cause i love my people but if he did all these crimes u need 2 burn this ni&&er he was just popping inocent people 4 no reason i use 2 worry about my girl ever night cause she was living in dc. at tha time
NEGRO…YOU DID IT!
S**T IS SAD … THIS NUKKA HAD 4 STATES SCARED TO DO THEIR DAILY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES… AND THEN WHEN HE GET CAUGHT… HE WANNA COP A PLEA… THE DEATH PENALTY IS NOT RIGHT… BUT HE KNOW ITS GONNA HAPPEN…
HE AINT CARE WHEN HE WAS SHOOTING PEOPLE… SO I BELEIVE HE SHOULD SERVE A LIFE SENTENCE… WITH A THOUSAND LASHINGS TO HIS ASS EVERYDAY…. AND MAKE HIM EAT GRITS WITH NO BUTTER/SALT/FLAVOR AT ALL FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE…’
THATS PUNISHMENT ENOUGH
I only agree with him because they are soooooooo many people working government jobs and high position jobs getting away with crimes everyday and all the time yet they point fingers like the hypocrites they are
This is B*llsh*t!! So many other people have suffered childhood abuse & they haven’t killed anyone. Black inventors & scientists, for example, who were born into slavery, then sold and separated from their families suffered a greater magnitude of abuse (mentally & physically) than victims suffer today and in past decades. Any situation can always be worse, but it’s up to each of us to seek or devise a system to overcome them. I’m not an advocate, just trying to make a point. Perhaps he is mentally ill, but the bottom line is that these victims would not be if it weren’t for his actions. Not only did he kill these folks, but he also destroyed the lives of their families and friends. Innocent my a$$!! Too bad the victims didn’t have a chance to plead for life prior to their executions.
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