Muhammad’s Judgement Day

Today is Judge­ment Day for John Allen Muham­mad, the ring­leader of the D.C. sniper shoot­ings.  The United States Supreme Court refused to halt the exe­cu­tion yes­ter­day, which only leaves the Gov­er­nor of Vir­ginia as the last resort — he could grant clemency to Muham­mad, and sev­eral anti-death-penalty groups are urg­ing him to.

How­ever, I think it would be appro­pri­ate to remem­ber the vic­tims of this ter­ror­ist attack — to honor the mem­ory of those who had no choice…those who will never be com­ing back home:

Feb­ru­ary 16, 2002:  Keenya Cook, 21, Tacoma, Washington.

March 19, 2002:  Jerry Ray Tay­lor, 60, Tuc­son, Arizona.

Sep­tem­ber 5, 2002:  Paul J. LaRuffa, 55, Clin­ton, Maryland

Sep­tem­ber 14, 2002:  Rupin­der “Benny” Oberoi, 22, Sil­ver Spring, Maryland.

Sep­tem­ber 15, 2002:  Muham­mad Rashid, 32, Brandy­wine, Maryland.

Sep­tem­ber 21, 2002:  Mil­lion A. Wolde­mariam, 41, Atlanta, Geor­gia; Clau­dine Lee Parker, 52, Mont­gomery, Alabama.

Sep­tem­ber 23, 2002:  Hong Im Ballinger, 45, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Octo­ber 2, 2002:  James D. Mar­tin, 55, Wheaton, Maryland.

Octo­ber 3, 2002: 

James L. “Sonny” Buchanan, 39, White Flint, Maryland

Premka­mur A. Walekar, 54, Aspen Hill, Maryland

Sarah Ramos, 34, Sil­ver Spring, Maryland

Lori Lewis Rivera, 25, Kens­ing­ton, Maryland

Pas­cal  Char­lot, 72, NW Wash­ing­ton, D.C.

Octo­ber 4, 2002:  Car­o­line Sea­well, 43, Fred­er­icks­burg, Maryland.

Octo­ber 7, 2002:  Iran Brown, 13, Bowie, Maryland.

Octo­ber 9, 2002:  Dean H. Mey­ers, 53, Man­as­sas, Virginia.

Octo­ber 11, 2002:  Ken­neth H. Bridges, 53, Mas­s­aponax, Virginia.

Octo­ber 14, 2002:  Linda Franklin, 47, Falls Church, Virginia.

Octo­ber 22, 2002:  Con­rad E. John­son, 35, Aspen Hill, Maryland.

My thoughts and prayers are with these fam­i­lies, as they will no doubt be reliv­ing the hor­ror of those ter­ri­ble days.

As for John Allen Muham­mad, I have no sym­pa­thy for you.  You showed no remorse, and you were hell­bent on caus­ing pain, suf­fer­ing, and ter­ror.  I just wish they would stick you with a rusted, dull nee­dle with no anes­thetic, just so you could feel some pain before you die.  If it were up to me, you would die a slow, tor­tu­ous death and it would be car­ried out in the pub­lic square as a deter­rent.  You deserve noth­ing less.

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