Lee Boyd Malvo, who was 17 when he took part in the deadly 2002 'D.C. Snipe...
FILE PHOTO: Sniper suspect Lee Boyd Malvo, 18, is surrounded by deputies as he is brought into court to be identified by a witness during the trial of sniper suspect John Allen Muhammad at the Virginia Beach Circuit Court in Virginia Beach, Virginia, U.S., October 22, 2003. Malvo was 17 at the time of the shootings. REUTERS Davis Turner/POOL
The change, signed by Democratic Governor Ralph Northam, allows people like Malvo, now 35, who were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for offenses committed before age 18 to ask for release after 20 years. Malvo, who is incarcerated in a supermax state prison in Virginia’s Wise County, and an older accomplice, John Allen Muhammad, were convicted in the shootings in which 10 people were killed. Muhammad was sentenced to death and executed in a Virginia state prison in 2009 at age 48.
Lawyers on both sides sent a letter to the court asking for the case to be dismissed after Northam signed the legislation.
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