AG: High Court Should Decide If DC Sniper Gets Resentenced

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s attorney general said he’ll ask the U.S. Supreme Court to decide if Washington, D.C., sniper Lee Boyd Malvo should get a new sentencing hearing.
Attorney General Mark Herring said in a statement Friday that Malvo’s resentencing should be put on hold as he seeks the Supreme Court’s review. Herring asked the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to halt a recent order that granted Malvo a new penalty hearing.
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