Video: John Allen Muhammad execution scheduled for 9 EST – how does lethal injection work?

November 10, 5:23 PMSalt Lake City Headlines ExaminerMarci Stone

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John Allen Muhammad is scheduled to be taken to the death chamber at 9 pm EST Tuesday to die by lethal injection. The Governor of Virginia, Tim Kaine denied a last-minute clemency request (stating that Muhammad is mentally ill) on Tuesday, and that was his last possibility of a stay. It should take about five minutes for Muhammad to die once the injection has been given. The CNN video below explains how lethal injection works.

In 2002, John Muhammad, also known as the DC Sniper killed ten people over a three week shooting spree is scheduled to die tonight by lethal injection in Virginia. Muhammad killed ten people by sniper, no one knew who would be killed or where, and it left the entire Washington DC area in fear for their life. The youngest person to die was a 13-year-old boy killed while walking to school.

Muhammad still claims that he is innocent, but after two lengthy trials and appeals and testimony from his accomplice, Lee Boyd Malvo, the people were convinced he was guilty and he was sentenced to death by lethal injection.

34 states still have the death penalty in place, but it is rarely used. Utah is one of those states, but only six people have been executed since 1976. Ten people are currently on death row and held in Draper at the state prison. Firing squad is the current method of execution if lethal injection is held unconstitutional.

Sources:  CNN and Death Penalty Info.org

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