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Wednesday, May 11, 2005

Snipers will be tried in Maryland

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Convicted snipers John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo will be tried together in Montgomery County, where their three-week shooting spree began and ended in October 2002.

Virginia Gov. Mark Warner announced yesterday that he has agreed with Maryland Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. to transfer the two men to Maryland to stand trial on six counts of murder. Ten were killed and three wounded in the Washington-area shootings.

"Now that Virginia's prosecution ... has concluded, it is important that families of the victims of the sniper incidents in other jurisdictions have an opportunity to seek justice," Mr. Warner said.

Muhammad is on death row at Sussex State Prison in Sussex County, Va., and Malvo is serving a life sentence at Red Onion State Prison in Wise County, Va.

A spokesman for the Virginia Department of Corrections declined to say when the transfer will take place, but Montgomery County State's Attorney Douglas F. Gansler said he expected the transfer to occur in the next few weeks.

Once the snipers are in Maryland, Mr. Gansler will have 30 days to indict the pair and 180 days to complete the trial. If the two are found guilty in Montgomery County, a judge will issue a formal sentence and then Muhammad and Malvo must be shipped back to Virginia under the terms of the Interstate Agreement on Detainers, Mr. Gansler said.

Mr. Ehrlich said he wanted to bring Muhammad and Malvo to Maryland because of the "deep personal interest of the families of Maryland victims."

A spokesman for the Republican governor said the decision to bring the snipers to Montgomery County also was due to the persistent lobbying by Mr. Gansler.

Mr. Gansler has "pushed" and "opined" in conversations, including recently, "that Montgomery County is an appropriate place to prosecute them," spokesman Henry Fawell said. "The governor was more than willing to assist."

Mr. Gansler said, "There are six people who have not had their day in court. There is a community that has not had their day in court. ... If somebody is accused of killing people in our jurisdiction, we try them."

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