Sniper denied parole, 20 years after terrorizing D.C. area

By DENISE LAVOIE and MATTHEW BARAKAT
Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia has denied parole to convicted Washington, D.C., area sniper killer Lee Boyd Malvo. The Parole Board ruled last month that Malvo is still a risk to the community two decades after he and his partner terrorized the Washington, D.C. region with a series of random shootings. Malvo was 17 when he and John Allen Muhammad shot and killed 10 people and wounded three others over a three-week span in October 2002. Malvo was convicted of capital murder in Virginia and sentenced to life in prison without parole. But a series of Supreme Court rulings and a change in Virginia law gave Malvo the opportunity to seek parole after serving nearly 20 years in custody.