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Home Front: WoT
Judge Grants Delay in Md. John Allen Muhammad Trial
2005-09-25
ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) - A judge has granted a delay for the trial of John Allen Muhammad in the six Maryland deaths linked to the 2002 Washington-area sniper spree. Defendants are usually entitled to a trial within 180 days of arrest in Maryland or within 120 days of transfer to the state, but attorneys can ask for delays in complicated cases.

Muhammad, already sentenced to die for a sniper shooting in Manassas, Va., is to go to trial in Maryland on May 1. Over the defendant's objections, Montgomery County Judge John W. Debelius III on Friday granted the delay requested by Muhammad's attorneys, citing "the very complicated logistics involved in the trial of this case and the length of trial."
Let the defense have their time; it's not like he's going anywhere. And he's going to be convicted.
Muhammad and John Lee Malvo, who is already serving a life sentence for another shooting in Virginia, are charged with six counts of first-degree murder in the October 2002 deaths in Montgomery County. Maryland prosecutors say the trials are insurance in case the Virginia convictions are overturned. Malvo's trial is set for Oct. 10.

The two terrorists men are accused of murdering in cold blood killing 10 people and wounding three in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C. They also have been linked to murders shootings in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Washington state.
Posted by:Steve White

#1  Maryland prosecutors say the trials are insurance in case the Virginia convictions are overturned.

Nah! Who would overturn their conviction? ACLU?

Nevermind.
Posted by: Bobby   2005-09-25 07:52  

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