Supreme Court to hear sentencing case for ‘Washington sniper’

HE has described himself as a “monster” and confessed to his crimes. Lee Boyd Malvo was 17 years old when he and an accomplice carried out a deadly three-week shooting spree that terrorized the Washington area in 2002.

Malvo was sentenced to life in prison without parole and the Supreme Court is to hear arguments today on whether such a sentence can be meted out to a juvenile.

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