DC Sniper, Lee Boyd Malvo, sentenced to life imprisonment by the Supreme Court

Washington – The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider Virginia's application to reinstate the lifeless prison sentence of a man who had participated in the shootings of snipers terrorizing the Washington, DC area. , in 2002.

Lee Boyd Malvo was 17 when John Allen Muhammad and himself shot 10 people in Maryland, Virginia and Washington.

Malvo was sentenced to life without parole in 2003 and Muhammad was sentenced to death and executed in 2009. However, a subsequent Supreme Court decision in 2012 stated that life sentences without parole were unconstitutional for children under 18 years of age.

Malvo was sentenced to four life sentences for the crimes he committed in Virginia. Last year, a Richmond federal court ruled that although life sentences without parole were lawful, he deserved a new conviction because of the 2012 Supreme Court decision.

The court of appeal judges said that a conviction would determine whether Malvo is considered "one of the few juvenile offenders" who can be sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of release conditional, because its "crimes reflect a permanent incorrigibility". They added that if his crimes "reflected the transitional immaturity of a young person", he would be entitled to a life sentence without the possibility of parole.

The Supreme Court will review this decision. As is typical, the judges made no comment in agreeing to hear the case, which will likely be heard in the fall.

No matter what the Supreme Court decides, Malvo is not going to get out of prison any time soon. He is not currently participating in a new sentencing hearing in Maryland, where he has entered into a plea agreement and has been sentenced to six life sentences with no possibility of parole for shots fired in that province. State.

A judge had previously ruled that Malvo would not participate in new sentencing hearings in Maryland. Malvo appealed.

Malvo is currently serving his sentence at Red Onion State Prison in Pound, Virginia.

Malvo and his 41-year-old mentor Muhammad fired at people pumping gasoline, loading parcels into their cars and going about their daily business for three weeks.