RICHMOND, Va. (Nov. 9) -- The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to block Tuesday's scheduled execution of sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad.
The court did not comment Monday on why it refused to consider his appeal.
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Convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad listens to testimony before his sentencing in the death of Dean Harold Meyers at the Prince William County Circuit Court in 2004 in Manassas, Va.
Muhammad is scheduled to die by injection at a Virginia prison for the slaying of Dean Harold Meyers at a gas station during a three-week spree in 2002 across Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C.
Muhammad and his teenage accomplice, Lee Boyd Malvo, were also suspected of fatal shootings in other states, including Louisiana, Alabama and Arizona. Malvo is serving a life sentence.
Muhammad still has a clemency petition before Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine.
Muhammad's attorney, Jonathan Sheldon, says "Virginia will execute a severely mentally ill man who also suffered from Gulf War syndrome the day before Veterans Day."
