Editing D.C. sniper attacks (section)

====Maryland trials====

In May 2005, Virginia and Maryland announced that they had reached agreements to allow Maryland to proceed with prosecuting charges there, where the most shootings occurred. There were media reports that Malvo and his legal team were willing to negotiate his cooperation, and he waived extradition to Maryland.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}

Muhammad and his legal team responded by fighting extradition to Maryland.  Muhammad's legal team was ultimately unsuccessful, and extradition was ordered by a Virginia judge in August 2005.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}

Maryland agreed to transfer Muhammad and Malvo back to the Commonwealth of Virginia after their trials. A date for Muhammad's pending execution in Virginia had been set for November 10, 2009.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/16/AR2009091601043.html | newspaper=The Washington Post | title=Nov. Execution Date Set for D.C. Area Sniper Muhammad | first1=Jerry | last1=Markon | date=September 17, 2009 | access-date=April 26, 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120508054308/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/16/AR2009091601043.html | archive-date=May 8, 2012 | url-status=live | df=dmy-all }}</ref>

Malvo pleaded guilty to six murders and confessed to others in other states while being interviewed in Maryland and testifying against Muhammad. Malvo was sentenced to six consecutive life terms without the possibility of parole, but in 2017, his sentence in Virginia was overturned after an appeal.<ref name=MalvoAppeal>{{cite news|url=http://www.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/257218742-story|title=Judge overturns life without parole sentence for DC sniper Lee Boyd Malvo|work=Fox5 DC|date=May 26, 2017|first1=Paul|last1=Wagner|access-date=May 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170526221043/http://www.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/257218742-story|archive-date=May 26, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On May 30, 2006, a [[Maryland]] jury found John Allen Muhammad guilty of six counts of murder in Maryland. In return, he was sentenced to six consecutive life terms without possibility of parole on June 1, 2006.<ref>{{Cite web |title=D.C.-area sniper gets 6 life terms in Maryland |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna13082594 |access-date=September 29, 2022 |website=NBC News |date=June 2006 |language=en |archive-date=September 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929074653/https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna13082594 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On May 6, 2008, it was revealed that Muhammad had asked prosecutors in a letter to help him end legal appeals of his conviction and death sentence "so that you can murder this innocent black man."<ref>{{Cite web |title=SNIPER SEEKS HELP TO END DEATH PENALTY APPEALS |url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2008/05/07/sniper-seeks-help-to-end-death-penalty-appeals/ |access-date=September 29, 2022 |website=Tampa Bay Times |language=en |archive-date=September 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929075158/https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2008/05/07/sniper-seeks-help-to-end-death-penalty-appeals/ |url-status=live }}</ref> An appeal filed by Muhammad's defense lawyers in April 2008 cited evidence of brain damage that might render Muhammad incompetent to make legal decisions, and that he should not have been allowed to represent himself at his Virginia trial.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}