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Offline thundley4

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Supreme Court is asked to spare sniper
« on: November 04, 2009, 10:58:20 AM »


"Lawyers: Muhammad shouldn't have been allowed to represent self

Attorneys for sniper John Allen Muhammad, mastermind of the terrifying 2002 Washington area shooting spree, asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to halt their client's execution, saying he was paranoid and delusional during his trial.

Muhammad, 48, who teamed up with Lee Boyd Malvo, now 24, in a series of random shootings that left 10 people dead, suffers from mental illness and brain damage caused partly by childhood beatings, defense attorney Jonathan P. Sheldon and others on the defense team wrote.

As he prepared for his 2003 trial, Muhammad was "amnesic of the events surrounding the crimes" and thought he was being framed in an elaborate scheme, the attorneys wrote. He believed that he was a prophet and said Malvo discovered an herbal cure for AIDS. He also said the military had trained him in "urban warfare" at "secret schools." The attorneys said that because of Muhammad's brain damage, he has trouble following a logical line of thought and "lacks sufficient ability to distinguish truth from falsity."

The argument to the Supreme Court contends that attorneys Peter D. Greenspun and Jonathan Shapiro were ineffective because they failed to object to Muhammad's demand to represent himself at trial. Had the pair argued that Muhammad's mental problems made him unfit to present his own defense, there is a "reasonable probability" that the judge would have found Muhammad incompetent to stand trial altogether, Sheldon wrote."  WaPo

Why the hell did they wait until just weeks before his execution date?   It's a little late to claim insanity.  :censored:
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Re: Supreme Court is asked to spare sniper
« Reply #1 on: November 04, 2009, 11:00:04 AM »
Psychotic or not, he needs killin' ....
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Re: Supreme Court is asked to spare sniper
« Reply #2 on: November 04, 2009, 11:01:40 AM »
Said it before, say it again.

"Some folks just need killin."

Cujo--c'mon back and threaten to call the cops again, you douchenozzle.
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Re: Supreme Court is asked to spare sniper
« Reply #3 on: November 04, 2009, 11:11:05 AM »
Quote from: NHSparky on November 04, 2009, 11:01:40 AM
Said it before, say it again.

"Some folks just need killin."

Cujo--c'mon back and threaten to call the cops again, you douchenozzle.

This idiot...the Sniper....not Cooj...needs to have his sentence meted out to him so he can get on with his flaming hot eternity as soon as effin possible.
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Re: Supreme Court is asked to spare sniper
« Reply #4 on: November 04, 2009, 11:14:17 AM »
Quote from: TxRadioguy on November 04, 2009, 11:11:05 AM
This idiot...the Sniper....not Cooj...needs to have his sentence meted out to him so he can get on with his flaming hot eternity as soon as effin possible.

I agree with you, but I figured if I uttered that phrase again he'd come out of his thumb-sucking corner and get all huffy again.  Context, dontcha know.
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Re: Supreme Court is asked to spare sniper
« Reply #5 on: November 04, 2009, 11:23:08 AM »
If I were on the supreme court my reply would be "Fry you nasty f'ing nutjob!"
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Re: Supreme Court is asked to spare sniper
« Reply #6 on: November 04, 2009, 11:32:49 AM »
Quote from: NHSparky on November 04, 2009, 11:14:17 AM
I agree with you, but I figured if I uttered that phrase again he'd come out of his thumb-sucking corner and get all huffy again.  Context, dontcha know.


 :cheersmate:  Here"s hoping he slithers back in.
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Re: Supreme Court is asked to spare sniper
« Reply #7 on: November 04, 2009, 11:36:29 AM »
So, basically, their argument is that he was incompetent.  Should have been established before the trial, and if he hadn't fired his attorney, probably would have been.

Let him fry, evil should have consequences.
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Re: Supreme Court is asked to spare sniper
« Reply #8 on: November 04, 2009, 11:40:45 AM »
It's a shame we can't ask that his 10 victims and their families be spared.
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Re: Supreme Court is asked to spare sniper
« Reply #9 on: November 04, 2009, 11:50:18 AM »
Quote from: Splashdown on November 04, 2009, 11:40:45 AM
It's a shame we can't ask that his 10 victims and their families be spared.

But he was only sending them to the loving, merciful arms of Allah's love.  He was actually doing them a favor.  :thatsright:
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Re: Supreme Court is asked to spare sniper
« Reply #10 on: November 04, 2009, 12:09:56 PM »
Quote from: DefiantSix on November 04, 2009, 11:50:18 AM
But he was only sending them to the loving, merciful arms of Allah's love.  He was actually doing them a favor.  :thatsright:

Then we should be obliging and do the same for him with all expediency.
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Re: Supreme Court is asked to spare sniper
« Reply #11 on: November 04, 2009, 01:01:49 PM »
Kill the bastard. It should have been done already.
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Re: Supreme Court is asked to spare sniper
« Reply #12 on: November 04, 2009, 01:08:14 PM »
Spare him?  Well OK then, but it sorta seems cruel and unusual, no?

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Re: Supreme Court is asked to spare sniper
« Reply #13 on: November 04, 2009, 01:49:09 PM »
if he's too incompetent to know right from wrong and killing him makes me feel better....what's the problem?

Thank you Ron White. :-)

Seriously, this ridiculous. He was a cold blooded killer who committed premeditated murder. Fry him.
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Re: Supreme Court is asked to spare sniper
« Reply #14 on: November 04, 2009, 03:06:22 PM »
Quote from: TxRadioguy on November 04, 2009, 11:11:05 AM
This idiot...the Sniper....not Cooj...needs to have his sentence meted out to him so he can get on with his flaming hot eternity as soon as effin possible.

It can never be soon enough.
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Re: Supreme Court is asked to spare sniper
« Reply #15 on: November 04, 2009, 03:22:55 PM »
Quote from: DefiantSix on November 04, 2009, 11:50:18 AM
But he was only sending them to the loving, merciful arms of Allah's love.  He was actually doing them a favor.  :thatsright:

So when they speed up his trip to paradise to claim his virgens we are doing that a** a favor? ::)
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Re: Supreme Court is asked to spare sniper
« Reply #16 on: November 05, 2009, 10:12:42 AM »
"Supreme Court is asked to spare sniper" ....sure thing...I can go along with that...tie him up tightly, stand him up and we'll all take turns trying to pick up the the spare with bowling balls.
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Re: Supreme Court is asked to spare sniper
« Reply #17 on: November 07, 2009, 10:22:49 PM »
They better not.
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Re: Supreme Court is asked to spare sniper
« Reply #18 on: November 09, 2009, 12:49:55 PM »
Update: Supreme Court denies John Allen Muhammad stay of execution.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091109/ap_on_re_us/us_sniper_execution
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Re: Supreme Court is asked to spare sniper
« Reply #19 on: November 10, 2009, 04:00:48 PM »
Is he dead yet?
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Re: Supreme Court is asked to spare sniper
« Reply #20 on: November 10, 2009, 04:02:10 PM »
Quote from: Peter3_1 on November 10, 2009, 04:00:48 PM
Is he dead yet?

I believe the execution is set for 9 p.m. EST tonight.
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Re: Supreme Court is asked to spare sniper
« Reply #21 on: November 10, 2009, 04:09:47 PM »
Quote from: Eupher on November 10, 2009, 04:02:10 PM
I believe the execution is set for 9 p.m. EST tonight.

It is....
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Re: Supreme Court is asked to spare sniper
« Reply #22 on: November 10, 2009, 04:12:32 PM »
That waste of skin has been here too long already. Too bad his mother wasn't a "choice"  type.
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Re: Supreme Court is asked to spare sniper
« Reply #23 on: November 10, 2009, 04:52:05 PM »
Quote from: Eupher on November 10, 2009, 04:02:10 PM
I believe the execution is set for 9 p.m. EST tonight.

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Re: Supreme Court is asked to spare sniper
« Reply #24 on: November 10, 2009, 04:57:05 PM »
I wonder if there are any Muslim groups outside of the facility protesting the execution of this "righteous mujaheddin"?
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