Life Sentences For Jamaican-Born DC Sniper Thrown Out
On Wednesday Friday (May 26) a federal judge in the United States tossed out two life sentences for the Jamaican-born DC sniper – Lee Boyd Malvo.
U.S. District Judge Raymond Jackson in Norfolk reportedly stated that Malvo is entitled to new sentencing hearings after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that mandatory life sentences for juveniles are not constitutional.
In 2002, at the age of 17, Malveo was arrested for a string of shootings that left 10 persons dead in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia.
The shootings caused widespread panic in the region and made some persons fearful to even leave their homes.
Malvo was eventually sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the sniper-style attacks along with his accomplice John Allen Muhammad.
Muhammad, who was labeled as the ‘mastermind’ behind the deadly attacks was executed in 2009.
Malvo was also sentenced to life in prison in the US state of Maryland, however his lawyers have reportedly made an appeal on similar grounds in that state.
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