http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/10/virginia.sniper.execution/index.html

Washington (CNN) -- J[b]ohn Allen Muhammad, the mastermind of the 2002 sniper attacks that terrorized the suburbs of the nation's capital, is scheduled to die by lethal injection Tuesday evening at a state prison[/b] near Jarratt, Virginia. Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine denied a clemency request from Muhammad's lawyers, closing off what is likely to be his last avenue of appeal.

Prosecutors say Muhammad, fueled by grudges against the Army and his ex-wife, plotted the cross-country shooting rampage, culminating in a killing spree in the Maryland and Virginia suburbs surrounding Washington, D.C,

During three weeks in October 2002, Muhammad and Malvo killed 10 people and wounded three, while taunting police with written messages and phoned-in threats and demands.
It could have been much worse. During Muhammad's second trial in Maryland, Malvo testified that Muhammad originally planned to kill up to six people each day for 30 days. Indeed, after killing five people during the first 24 hours, the sniper team began the second day scouting for locations for another barrage of shootings. But, concerned about possible witnesses and the lack of escape routes, they slowed their deadly pace.

naliakar:

@Jesoul

Hallo. It is getting colder here at Waltham if you get my drift.

Now the execution my be considered punitive based on current Virginia laws. But it one of those last acts of meting justice that is inhuman and should be done away with eventually. Death penalty is no punishment even for atrocious acts such as committed by Muhahamed.

naliakar:

@Jesoul

Hallo. It is getting colder here at Waltham if you get my drift.

Now the execution my be considered punitive based on current Virginia laws. But it one of those last acts of meting justice that is inhuman and should be done away with eventually. Death penalty is no punishment even for atrocious acts such as committed by Muhahamed.

davidylan:

But you werent worried about his crime right? He killed 10 innocent people and left children in a lifetime of pain and sorrow but killing him is "inhuman"?

I wish the death penalty could be extended to muslim terrorists too.

naliakar:

Why do you wear your eclectic lenses when making sense of what others posted. Muhammad's acts were atrocious and deserved the worst form of retribution possible. We both agree on that. My criticism is with the death penalty as a form of retributive justice. The world is moving (should move) towards abolishing all manner of death sentence as a form of punishment.  

JeSoul:

 Its in the 70s today though . . . I've been wondering whether its November or whether its Summer lol.

JeSoul:

I don't see how you can say that. What punishment do you suggest he should be served with? Why does he get to keep his life when he took the lives of 10 innocent people? the youngest he shot was a 13yr old on his way to school. That this monster has been permitted to live the past 7yrs while his victims lie 6 feet deep is in itself an injustice.

davidylan:

If only the world where moving towards abolishing such abhorrent crimes too.

Sorry . . . for how long do we keep murderers like Mohammad in jail? Our jails are congested . . . besides there are some who can never be reformed by the prison system. It is INJUSTICE and INHUMANE that Mohammad gets to spend time in jail eating free, watching free cable, using the computer, attending school free and having a chance to reflect on his life when he deprived 10 or more families of such priviledges.

Take off your own lenses too.

naliakar:

Easy Easy!! Did you understand my last posting and my metaphoric "eclectic lenses"? I don't want to shout out of respect for JeSoul, a lady of great repute who is in the room. So I will let it pass.

davidylan:

Absurd.

naliakar:

they call it the Indian summer. (I don't know whether this is a good way to refer to the short unusually warm spell just preceding the onset of winter. It smacks of those disparaging attributes that  the west is wont to give one to reinforce their minority and unusual status.

Do not get me wrong. What he did was horrible and the loss he occasioned can never be reclaimed. I am questioning the aptness of death it self as a form of punishment. May be there are philosophical issues to raise about the eventuality of death as a suitable deterrence. But then, I am also reminded of death as was to metted out on Amina lawal ij Nigeria if you may recall  for adultery, or as metted out in Somalia just last week or as is often undertaken in Saudi Arabia.

JeSoul:

   lol . . . well I guess that's one way of looking at it. I haven't heard the term before though . . . it must truly be rare, but I sure ain't complaining about 70s in November.
  Okay so what do you personally suggest we as a society do with these kinds of barbaric criminals? what will serve as just and due punishment for their heinous crimes?

Ibime:

@ topic,


Good riddance to bad rubbish!