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The D. C. Sniper Case Moves to the Supreme Court, Reopening Questions About Juvenile Sentencing

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The Supreme Court will weigh whether Lee Boyd Malvo, now 34, should have a lessened sentence for his role in this crime that he took part in when he was a minor.
The United States Supreme Court announced Monday that it will take on the case of the 17-year-old shooter involved in the 2002 Beltway sniper killings.
Lee Boyd Malvo, now 34, was sentenced to life in prison without parole for his role in the sniper attacks that killed 10 people and injured three others between September 5th and October 22nd, 2002, in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D. C. Malvo worked with John Allen Muhammad, who was 41 at the time of the shootings and who brought Malvo into the country illegally. Muhammed was sentenced to death and executed in 2009.
The Supreme Court will weigh whether Malvo should have a lessened sentence for his role in this crime that he took part in when he was a minor.

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