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Beltway Sniper jihad mass murderer seeks lighter sentence

Jan 29, 2018 12:00 pm By Robert Spencer

There is no hint in the news article below, aside from the surname of Malvo’s accomplice and mentor John Muhammad, that these were jihad attacks, and this fact was notably absent from all the establishment media coverage of these murders. However, that is exactly what they were. Back in 2003, Michelle Malkin outlined the evidence:

Malvo’s violent drawings and anti-American and anti-Semitic rantings show him to be every bit as blood-thirsty, hatemongering and martyr-craving as any Sept. 11 hijacker or Palestinian suicide bomber. Among Malvo’s jailhouse artwork:

Exhibit 65-006: A self-portrait of Malvo in the cross hairs of a gun scope shouting, ‘ALLAH AKBAR!’ The word ‘SALAAM’ scrawled vertically. A poem: ‘Many more will have to suffer. Many more will have to die. Don’t ask me why.’

Exhibit 65-016: A portrait of Saddam Hussein with the words ‘INSHALLAH’ and ‘The Protector,’ surrounded by rockets labeled ‘chem’ and ‘nuk.’

Exhibit 65-043: Father and son portrait of Malvo and Muhammad. ‘We will kill them all. Jihad.’

Exhibit 65-056: A self-portrait of Malvo as sniper, lying in wait, with his rifle. ‘JIHAD’ written in bold letters. . . .

Exhibit 65-067: A suicide bomber labeled ‘Hamas’ walking into a McDonald’s restaurant. Another drawing of the Twin Towers burning captioned: ’85 percent chance Zionists did this.’ More scrawls: ‘ALLAH AKBAR,’ ‘JIHAD’ and ‘Islam will explode.’

Exhibit 65-103: A lion accompanies chapter and verse from the Koran (‘Sura 2:190’): ‘Fight in the cause of Allah those who fight you and slay them wherever ye catch them.’

Exhibit 65-109: Portrait of Osama bin Laden, captioned ‘Servant of Allah.’

Exhibit 65-117: The White House drawn in crosshairs, surrounded by missiles, with a warning: ‘Sep. 11 we will ensure will look like a picnic to you’ and ‘you will bleed to death little by little.’ . . .

Exhibit 65-101: Malvo’s thought for the day: ‘Islam the only true guidance, the way of peace.’

Here is Malvo’s drawing of Osama bin Laden:

“Sniper who terrorized nation’s capital, killed 10 seeks lighter sentence,” Bellingham Herald, January 24, 2018 (thanks to FTS):

A sniper who randomly killed 10 people and terrorized the Washington, D.C., region more than 15 years ago is entitled to a new hearing to ask for a lighter sentence, his lawyer argued Tuesday to a federal appeals court.

Lee Boyd Malvo was 17 when he and his mentor, John Allen Muhammad, then 41, shot people in Virginia, Maryland and Washington as they pumped gas, loaded packages into their cars and went about their everyday business during a three-week period in 2002.

Bellingham was brought into the national spotlight during the hunt for the so-called D.C. snipers. Investigators later discovered the two drifters lived in Bellingham for a few months in 2001 and 2002, staying at the Lighthouse Mission while Malvo attended Bellingham High School. Malvo was taking college-level Advanced Placement classes.

Muhammad was sentenced to death and was executed in Virginia in 2009.

A jury convicted Malvo of capital murder for killing FBI analyst Linda Franklin, who was shot in the head outside a Home Depot store, but spared him the death penalty. Malvo later struck plea deals in other cases in Virginia and Maryland. He ultimately received four life sentences in Virginia and six in Maryland.

Malvo’s lawyer Craig Cooley on Tuesday urged the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold a ruling by a federal judge who last year ordered new sentencing hearings in Virginia under a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that found mandatory life-without-parole sentences for juveniles unconstitutional. A 2016 Supreme Court ruling made the decision retroactive, extending it to people like Malvo who were already sentenced before the court found such punishments unconstitutional….

“How do you get around the plea agreement – the finality of plea agreements?” Judge Paul Niemeyer asked Cooley.

Cooley said Malvo agreed to “what is now an illegal sentence, an unconstitutional sentence.”…

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  1. StellaSaidSo says

    Jan 29, 2018 at 12:07 pm

    I’m OK with dropping one of the 10 life sentences. I’d even let him choose which one.

    • StellaSaidSo says

      Jan 29, 2018 at 12:50 pm

      I hear you, Jay Boo. But the POS is still alive, and 10 people are dead. Even if they dropped 9 of the 10 sentences, he would still rot in jail, as he should. The other perp got the death penalty. The ‘rules’ having changed, the lawyer is aiming for the chance for the perp to walk out the door, because he was a minor when he committed his crimes. I would be curious to know who is paying the lawyer.

      • Karen says

        Jan 29, 2018 at 2:17 pm

        Stella, Malvo’s Wikipedia site says that Cooley is “appointed”. That probably means ‘court-appointed’; if so, the US taxpayer is paying the tab.

      • StellaSaidSo says

        Jan 29, 2018 at 4:30 pm

        Thanks Karen! The US tax-payer. What a surprise, eh?

      • Karen says

        Jan 29, 2018 at 11:38 pm

        Yes, Stella, a total, cough, shock!

    • Sons of Liberty says

      Jan 29, 2018 at 12:58 pm

      So, WHERE is this going ? Are they seriously thinking about letting out a KNOWN Muslim sniper who gladly killed 10 innocent people ? This shows some of the insane rulings of the Supreme Court . If a minor commits heinous evil crimes why should they NOT BE SENTENCED LIKE AN ADULT ? I agree let him remove 1 life sentence . He is lucky he wasn’t executed like John Muhammad …but I thought that is what jihadists wanted anyway ,…a ticket to their 72 virgins. He is a coward .

    • gravenimage says

      Jan 29, 2018 at 8:18 pm

      StellaSaidSo wrote:

      I’m OK with dropping one of the 10 life sentences. I’d even let him choose which one.
      ………………

      Brilliant, Stella.

    • larry says

      Jan 31, 2018 at 11:24 am

      Should have been hung in the town square years ago. Hopefully, an fellow inmate will take him out.

  2. jan sobieski says

    Jan 29, 2018 at 12:09 pm

    So who is paying Craig Cooley? Pro bono, or the US govt. or who?:

    • Vulturetx says

      Jan 29, 2018 at 12:32 pm

      exactly who is paying Cooley to help a self admitted terrorist.

    • gravenimage says

      Jan 29, 2018 at 8:20 pm

      Cooley is court appointed–so we are paying him.

  3. Linde Barrera says

    Jan 29, 2018 at 12:12 pm

    Shooting people who have not done anything against you is illegal in the US. What does Malvo’s lawyer say about that??

    • Karen says

      Jan 29, 2018 at 2:30 pm

      Here’s what he says:

      “Well-known but low-profile Richmond defense attorney Craig Cooley believes Lee Boyd Malvo was the first and most carefully planned victim in the 2002 “beltway” murder spree orchestrated by Malvo’s father-figure, John Allen Muhammad.”

      Yes, you read that correctly; Malvo was a victim.

      http://wtvr.com/2013/11/14/holmberg-10-years-later-an-interview-with-beltway-sniper-lawyer/

      • StellaSaidSo says

        Jan 29, 2018 at 4:38 pm

        And – not only is Malvo a VICTIM, but his lawyer is a HERO! Amazing!

        Thanks for the link, Karen. I wonder what the families of the real victims think.

        • Karen says

          Jan 29, 2018 at 11:49 pm

          I’m sure the press is careful not to ask about that.

      • gravenimage says

        Jan 29, 2018 at 8:35 pm

        Thanks for that, Karen. Disgusting.

        • Karen says

          Jan 29, 2018 at 11:39 pm

          Truly, graven.

  4. US infidel says

    Jan 29, 2018 at 12:29 pm

    Should have nothing but pork to eat or starve. Pos should have been taken out of the gene pool years ago and be a non issue

  5. mortimer says

    Jan 29, 2018 at 12:46 pm

    Allah fubar. Jihad does not pay.

    • CRUSADER says

      Jan 29, 2018 at 1:24 pm

      Allah-Fubar

      Love it. So accurate.

      Going to start repeating that phrase.

      +++++++++
      DEUS VULT
      +++++++++

  6. Ron says

    Jan 29, 2018 at 12:53 pm

    As terrible as this murder spree was, the far worse crime related to this case was committed by our media, journalists, and most of all, G W Bush’s administration who didn’t want another terrorist attack on the books right after 9/11. They intensionally lied to the American public about the TRUTH behind the divine inspiration, and religious motivation of these killings. This was JIHAD, committed by followers and practitioners of Islam. The only thing worse that jihadists are lying traitors, more concerned with protecting the perception of Islam and its followers that protecting lives of Americans. Truth the new Hate Speech.

    • Sons of Liberty says

      Jan 29, 2018 at 1:05 pm

      I agree 100% !

      • CRUSADER says

        Jan 29, 2018 at 1:09 pm

        Which is how Trump won.

        He gives the impression of telling the balder truth in such matters.

        And he has not been a fanboy of the Bushes, who were after Operation Iraqi Oil…Liberty….

    • Guy Forester says

      Jan 29, 2018 at 1:08 pm

      Remember how the local law enforcement spokesman was telling everyone to look out for a white guy in a white van? They knew better, but lied to us.

      This is more duplicity from the people that were supposed to protect us. They were and still are in bed with the foreign states that fund terrorism and jihad. Malvo belongs in GITMO at the very least.

      When I was 17, with parental consent or a judicial consent, one could join the USMC. If someone does not recognize right from wrong by age 17, they are either mentally deficient or that person has a serious personality disorder.

      • WPM says

        Jan 29, 2018 at 5:17 pm

        If I remember correctly the only way they got caught was a trucker spotted the car with the gun sticking out of the hole they put in the trunk While the perps were asleep in the back seat of the car at the truck stop. He block them in left and notify the police.

        • gravenimage says

          Jan 29, 2018 at 9:37 pm

          Yes–good for this trucker, or these Jihadists would have continued their murder spree.

        • CRUSADER says

          Jan 29, 2018 at 9:47 pm

          Keep heads on swivels.

          Keep vigilant.

  7. Sons of Liberty says

    Jan 29, 2018 at 1:02 pm

    Exactly , Jay Boo !

    • CRUSADER says

      Jan 29, 2018 at 1:23 pm

      AMEN

  8. CRUSADER says

    Jan 29, 2018 at 1:07 pm

    Liberals, Leftists, Politicians, Media all tread lightly on such perps.

    So why wouldn’t the perp want a lighter sentence? All makes sense.

  9. Guy Forester says

    Jan 29, 2018 at 1:12 pm

    Good thing these murders did not occur in NY or CA. Some wacky governor might decide that the poor misunderstood “teen” was worthy of a full pardon.

    • gravenimage says

      Jan 29, 2018 at 10:21 pm

      Things are not quite that far gone here, Guy.

      And I believe these Jihadists were tried in federal courts, because they committed their murders on interstate highways.

  10. Shmoovie says

    Jan 29, 2018 at 1:35 pm

    Keeping up with details on hundreds of jihad attacks since 9/11 would be impossible without JW and others; most media would prefer the events and reporting of them get and stay forgotten. Thank You for the reminder and re-posting of MM’s NY Post article.
    Michelle is such a treasure to have on the right (correct, common sense) side.

    • StellaSaidSo says

      Jan 29, 2018 at 1:43 pm

      Heartily endorsed, Shmoovie.

    • gravenimage says

      Jan 29, 2018 at 10:33 pm

      Yes–Michelle Malkin is a brave Anti-Jihadist.

  11. brane pilot says

    Jan 29, 2018 at 3:23 pm

    When the Law becomes a farce that protects monsters, there is no law.
    We are almost there.

  12. utis says

    Jan 29, 2018 at 6:36 pm

    Hypothesis: he wants to be let out so he can get killed murdering more innocents, thus earning those 72 babes, pearl-boys, and a cozy nest with his mentor. DON’T LET THE …. OUT!

  13. gravenimage says

    Jan 29, 2018 at 8:15 pm

    Beltway Sniper jihad mass murderer seeks lighter sentence
    …………………

    He *already* got a lighter sentence. He’s lucky he wasn’t given the death penatly like his fellow Jihadist Muhammad.

  14. gravenimage says

    Jan 29, 2018 at 8:37 pm

    Yes.

  15. Infidel says

    Jan 30, 2018 at 5:20 am

    Shameless creature begging for mercy … the same mercy this creature denied to its hapless victims.. Typical of Muslim crimes!!

  16. Kay says

    Jan 30, 2018 at 7:04 am

    I don’t think it’s possible to “randomly” kill an FBI analyst.
    If it goes to court again, at the least it will be expensive.
    And who’s paying the lawyer to reopen the case?

  17. rob says

    Jan 30, 2018 at 8:16 am

    He wants a lighter sentence? OK. How about he’s soaked with gasoline and the lighter sentence is carried out by my Zippo?

  18. LeftisruiningCanada says

    Jan 30, 2018 at 2:37 pm

    “Beltway Sniper jihad mass murderer seeks lighter sentence”

    Sounds like a racist to me.

  19. J D S says

    Jan 31, 2018 at 12:47 am

    Islamic Muslim murder…only the death penalty will suffice..but he don’t think it’s murder and if he has Muslim lawyers they won’t either because it is sanctioned in Islamic laws..one more of millions of reasons to show the reality that Islam is a murderous cult and should be banned .How is that done?by passing laws.

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