Execution date for US sniper
Published:Wednesday | September 16, 2009 | 5:05 PM
A US judge in Virginia has set a November 10 execution date for the man behind the 2002 sniper attacks in the Washington DC area.
John Allen Muhammad was sentenced to death for the murder of Dean Meyers, one of 10 people killed during the shootings.
Muhammad\'s teenaged accomplice Lee Boyd Malvo is serving life in prison for his part in the attacks.
Muhammad\'s lawyer said his client would appeal to the US Supreme Court.
The lawyer, Jonathan Sheldon, also said he will ask Virginia Governor Timothy Kaine for clemency.
Muhammad and Malvo killed six people in Alabama and Louisiana before moving on to Maryland, Washington and Virginia.