Supreme Court Denies Execution Stay for Convicted Sniper

The U.S. Supreme Supreme Court has refused to delay a Tuesday evening execution for convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad. The court refused to grant a stay and also refused to hear an appeal filed by lawyers for Muhammad, SCOTUSblog reports. Muhammad’s cert petition had asserted that the appeal of his Virginia conviction had moved through the court system too quickly, the Los Angeles Times reported in a story written before the court’s action today. Justice John Paul Stevens wrote a separate statement saying the case “highlights once again the perversity of executing inmates before their appeals process has been fully… http://bit.ly/1fnDWd