Dean Harold Meyers

Friends, family attend Louisiana funeral for executed DC sniper John Allen Mohammed. Friends and relatives of executed D.C. sniper John Allen Muhammad have gathered in Louisiana for his funeral.

Baltimore attorney plans to write book on executed DC sniper; says pair had become close. A Baltimore attorney who became a confidant of executed D.C. sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad is writing a book about him.

Louisiana son of executed DC sniper says he doesn't want to be judged by his father's crimes. Three days after his father's execution, the 27-year-old son of D.C. sniper John Allen Muhammad said Friday that he doesn't want to be judged by the crimes of a father he didn't really know until the shooting spree.

Louisiana son of executed DC sniper says he doesn't want to be judged by his father's crimes. Three days after his father's execution, the 27-year-old son of D.C. sniper John Allen Muhammad said Friday that he doesn't want to be judged by the crimes of a father he didn't really know until the shooting spree.

DC sniper's ex-wife says she's moving forward after execution, helps children cope with loss. One of the D.C. sniper's ex-wives said Thursday that she has fully healed from the abusive marriage she endured with him, and is helping her children cope with knowing their dad won't be a part of their lives.

DC sniper mastermind mum on killing spree to the end; executed in Va. without final words. Sniper John Allen Muhammad refused to utter any last words as he was executed, taking to the grave answers about why and how he plotted the killings of 10 people that terrorized the Washington, D.C., area for three weeks in October 2002.

JARRATT, Virginia (Reuters) - John Allen Muhammad was executed on Tuesday for masterminding and carrying out with his teenage accomplice the 2002 sniper shootings that killed 10 people and terrified the Washington, D.C., region a year after the September 11 and the deadly anthrax attacks.

JARRATT, Virginia (Reuters) - John Allen Muhammad was executed on Tuesday for masterminding and carrying out with his teenage accomplice the 2002 sniper shootings that killed 10 people and terrified the Washington, D.C., region a year after the September 11 and the deadly anthrax attacks.

John Allen Muhammad, the mastermind behind the sniper attacks that left 10 dead, was executed Tuesday as relatives of the victims watched, reliving the killing spree that terrorized the Washington, D.C., area for three weeks in October 2002.

John Allen Muhammad, the mastermind behind the sniper attacks that left 10 dead, was executed Tuesday as relatives of the victims watched, reliving the killing spree that terrorized the Washington, D.C., area for three weeks in October 2002.

John Allen Muhammad, the mastermind behind the sniper attacks that left 10 dead, was executed Tuesday as relatives of the victims watched, reliving the killing spree that terrorized the Washington, D.C., area for three weeks in October 2002.

John Allen Muhammad, the mastermind behind the sniper attacks that left 10 dead, was executed Tuesday as relatives of the victims watched, reliving the killing spree that terrorized the Washington, D.C., area for three weeks in October 2002.

John Allen Muhammad stepped foot into Virginia's death chamber, looked calmly at the floor, over to the stainless steel gurney awaiting him, and back down. Within seconds he was lying down, tapping his left foot as guards checked the leather and nylon straps securing him to the table.

John Allen Muhammad, the mastermind behind the sniper attacks that left 10 dead, was executed Tuesday as relatives of the victims watched, reliving the killing spree that terrorized the Washington, D.C., area for three weeks in October 2002.

The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to block Tuesday's scheduled execution of sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad.

As sniper's execution nears, terrifying memories return; 'I don't think anybody felt safe'. When James D. Martin was shot dead seven years ago in the parking lot of a grocery store in suburban Washington, it got little attention on the nightly news.

Some ache for revenge, others simply for justice. There is frustration, too, and defiance.

Emotions differ as victims' families prepare to watch D.C.-area sniper mastermind's execution. Some ache for revenge, others simply for justice. There is frustration, too, and defiance.

In his own words: DC sniper proclaims innocence in 2008 letter released by attorneys. Attorneys for John Allen Muhammad released a May 2008 letter on Wednesday in which the mastermind of the deadly 2002 sniper attacks in the Washington, D.C., area proclaims his innocence.

DC Sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad asks US Supreme Court to stop next week's execution. Attorneys for John Allen Muhammad, mastermind of the 2002 sniper attacks in the Washington, D.C., area that left 10 dead, asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to stop his execution.