As a gamer with a penchant for true crime narratives, I can’t help but feel a sense of unease when I delve into the story of the DC sniper killings. The chilling tale of John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo unfolds like a horror game where you never quite know when the next jump scare will come.
Back in October 2002, a pair of snipers instilled fear throughout America’s capital region by shooting people across Washington D.C. over a three-week period. Numerous films and documentaries have since recounted the Beltway sniper attacks. Now, over two decades later, one of the DC area killers remains imprisoned.
According to CNN, John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo were found guilty for the D.C. sniper shootings. They ended up killing ten individuals and injuring three others. Muhammad received a death penalty in 2004, whereas Malvo was given multiple life sentences without parole in Maryland and Virginia following his crime conviction. However, in 2020, Virginia altered its law regarding juveniles serving life sentences without the chance of parole. At the time of the attacks, Malvo was only 17 years old and working with his partner. As a result, his Virginia sentences were changed to life imprisonment with the potential for parole after serving 20 years.
Where are DC Sniper killers Lee Boyd Malvo & John Allen Muhammad now?
As reported by the Virginia Department of Corrections, Malvo, who is now 39 years old, is currently incarcerated at Keen Mountain Correctional Center in Virginia. In contrast, Muhammad was put to death in November 2009, as CNN noted. Interestingly, according to CBS News, Malvo got married from his prison cell in the year 2020 while serving his sentence.
In 2022, it was decided that I, as Malvo, would not be granted parole in Virginia due to the ongoing risk I posed to the community. Even if I had been granted parole in Virginia, I faced separate life sentences for my crimes committed in Maryland. The state’s highest court had ruled that I needed a resentencing there. Before this, in 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court deemed it unconstitutional to give mandatory life sentences to juveniles like myself. As a result of this ruling, two federal courts found me entitled to new sentence hearings.
In 2003, the movie “D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Terror” hit the screens, portraying the series of attacks. Furthermore, the documentary “I, Sniper: The D.C. Assassins” delves into the chronology of those killings.
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2024-08-02 03:13