Posted on 10/20/2003 12:58:37 PM PDT by marshmallow
Edited on 04/29/2004 2:03:17 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia (CNN) -- Sniper suspect John Allen Muhammad denied any involvement in the shootings in his opening statements Monday, after the judge granted an unexpected motion allowing him to represent himself.
"I had nothing to do with the crime," he told the jury. "I had nothing at all to do with the crime -- and they know this. And please pay attention-- my life and my son's life -- is on the line," Muhammad said, apparently a reference to fellow suspect Lee Boyd Malvo.
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Yes, albeit too infrequently invoked, and even less frequently actually applied...
the infowarrior
I know the press is ignoring this angle, but since I first saw the pair, I knew that something beyond a "friendship" was going on there.
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