U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court Denies Execution Stay for Convicted Sniper

By Debra Cassens Weiss

Nov 9, 2009, 12:49 pm CST

The U.S. 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… full story