Editing John Allen Muhammad (section)

==Execution==
On November 10, 2009, hours before Muhammad's scheduled execution, pleas for [[clemency]] made by his attorneys were denied by [[Virginia Governor]] [[Tim Kaine]].<ref name=Denied>{{cite news|title=Muhammad is executed for sniper killing|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/10/AR2009111001396.html?hpid=topnews|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=November 11, 2009|first1=Josh|last1=White|first2=Maria|last2=Glod}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.governor.virginia.gov/MediaRelations/NewsReleases/viewRelease.cfm?id%3D1138|title=Statement of Governor Kaine On the Scheduled Execution of John Allen Muhammad|date=November 17, 2003|access-date=November 10, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091111202311/http://www.governor.virginia.gov/MediaRelations/NewsReleases/viewRelease.cfm?id=1138|archive-date=November 11, 2009}}</ref>

Under Virginia law at the time, a defendant convicted of capital murder was allowed to choose the method by which he or she will be put to death&mdash;either [[lethal injection]] or [[electric chair|electrocution]]. As Muhammad declined to select a method, by law the method of lethal injection was selected for him. He was offered a selection of a [[last meal]], which he accepted. Muhammad's last meal consisted of chicken, red sauce, and cake.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/10/virginia.sniper.execution/index.html|title=Sniper John Allen Muhammad executed|last1=Meserve|first1=Jeanne|last2=Ahlers|first2=Mike M.|date=November 11, 2009|website=[[CNN]]|access-date=October 2, 2010|location=Jarratt, Virginia|quote=The lawyer said Muhammad's last meal was "chicken and red sauce, and he had some cakes.}}</ref>

Muhammad declined to make a final statement and his execution began at 9&nbsp;p.m. [[Eastern Time Zone|EST]] at the [[Greensville Correctional Center]], [[Greensville County, Virginia|Greensville County]], near [[Jarratt, Virginia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.aol.com/article/dc-sniper-john-allen-muhammad-set-to-be/759961|title=Kaine Clears Way for Sniper's Execution|website=[[AOL News]]|last=Potter|first=Dena|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091111190620/http://news.aol.com/article/dc-sniper-john-allen-muhammad-set-to-be/759961|archive-date=November 11, 2009|access-date=January 4, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local-beat/Will-Kaine-Stop-Snipers-Execution-69642302.html|title=Kaine Clears Way for D.C. Sniper's Execution|agency=[[Associated Press]]|website=[[NBC Washington]]}}</ref> The lethal injection process began at 9:06&nbsp;p.m. EST. Muhammad was pronounced dead at 9:11&nbsp;p.m. EST.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_sniper_execution|title=Silent DC sniper mastermind Muhammad executed|last=Potter|first=Dena|date=November 11, 2009|work=[[Yahoo! News]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091117070136/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_sniper_execution|archive-date=November 17, 2009|access-date=January 4, 2012}}</ref>

Muhammad's body was cremated, and the ashes given to his son in Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/son-dc-sniper-lives-dads-shadow/story?id=10249182&page=2|title=Son of Infamous 'D.C. Sniper' John Allen Muhammad Lives in Dad's Shadow|website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110126153418/https://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/son-dc-sniper-lives-dads-shadow/story?id=10249182&page=2|archive-date=January 26, 2011|access-date=January 4, 2012}}</ref>