Not wanting to get into if you are pro/anti death penalty discussion, I think we know how most of us feel on this case or the dp in general. Just wanted to post this news.

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Washington (CNN) -- Lawyers for convicted Beltway sniper John Allen Muhammad have asked the Supreme Court to block next week's scheduled execution.

An appeal was filed Tuesday evening with the justices, but there was no indication when the court would rule. A clemency request has already been filed with Virginia Gov. Timothy Kaine's office.

Muhammad, 48, is scheduled to be executed November 10 for the murder of Dean Harold Meyers at a gas station in Manassas, Virginia. Muhammad recently transferred to death row at Greensville Correctional Center in rural southern Virginia.

Muhammad and teenage accomplice Lee Boyd Malvo terrorized the nation's capital for three weeks in October 2002, responsible for the sniper-style killings of 10 people in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia, police believe. Three others were wounded by high-powered gunfire, said police.

The pair was also suspected in earlier, similar shootings in Washington state, Louisiana, Alabama, and the Washington, D.C. area.

In their appeal, his attorneys say Muhammad was not given sufficient time to file his appeal. But the bulk of the brief dealt with claims the defendant was mentally unstable and that he received ineffective counsel at trial...

Lawyers ask U.S. Supreme Court to block execution of Beltway sniper - CNN.com

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