Sniper gets six consecutive life sentences
John Allen Muhammad was today sentenced to six consecutive life sentences for the October 2002 killings of six people during a sniper shooting spree that terrorised the Washington, DC region.
“You, Mr Muhammad, have no hope. You have no future. You will spend every day for the rest of your life locked in a cage,” said Montgomery County Circuit Judge James Ryan in Rockville, Maryland.
Muhammad showed no emotion, but stood with his head bowed as the sentence was announced.
Some in the audience applauded.
A jury convicted Muhammad on Tuesday after a four-week trial that featured testimony from Lee Boyd Malvo, his one-time surrogate son, who said Muhammad trained him with guns and drew him into a plan to kill people indiscriminately.
Muhammad is already on death row in Virginia for another sniper killing. Maryland prosecutors have said the additional life sentences are insurance if the Virginia conviction is ever overturned.
