Convicted D.C. sniper Lee Boyd Malvo, that killed 10 people in October 2002, has been transferred from Virginia’s supermax jail, Red Onion State Prison, to Keen Hill Correctional Facility, WTOP has found out.
Malvo was 17 when he dedicated the criminal offenses, and was detained with John Allen Muhammad, after both terrified the area, eliminating arbitrary unfamiliar people in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia.
For the past 22 years, Malvo has actually been housed in Red Onion, identified as Maximum Protection by the Virginia Division of Corrections. According to Virginia modifications authorities, Keen Mountain is identified as Protection Degree 4, housing inmates offering life sentences, without any turbulent behavior for a minimum of the past 24 months.
In September 2022, Malvo was rejected parole.
Called by WTOP, Malvo’s lawyer Craig Cooley said his customer was just recently transferred. Asked how and why Malvo was relocated from Virginia’s the majority of protected prison, Cooley said, “As soon as he’s in the Division of Corrections, it depends on them where he serves.”
Cooley claimed his client has actually been put behind bars at Red Onion for 22 years. “I make certain he fulfills the criteria for the stepdown,” from supermax to Protection Level 4.
Malvo was 17 when he and John Allen Muhammad shot and killed 10 individuals and injured 3 others over a three-week span in October 2002. Numerous other victims were shot and killed throughout the country in the prior months, as the duo made their method to the nation’s resources region from Washington state.
Malvo was founded guilty of capital murder in Virginia and sentenced to life behind bars without parole. But a collection of High court judgments and an adjustment in Virginia legislation provided Malvo the chance to look for parole after offering nearly 20 years in custody.
In August 2023, Malvo filed a government claim, implicating prison authorities of breaking his civil liberties and knowingly placing his life in jeopardy in retaliation for whining about problems at Red Onion.
Malvo stated he was put in a system with a well-known gang leader, who had intimidated him.
WTOP spoke to a spokesperson with Virginia Department of Corrections, Monday early morning, seeking specifics on when and why Malvo was moved to Keen Mountain. By Monday evening, the spokesperson had not provided information, yet claimed they were being gathered by corrections team.
Online court filings in the federal civil rights claim make no reference of Malvo being moved from Red Onion. As of his last filing, a motion for discovery, Malvo provided Red Onion as his return address in a transcribed envelope.
Individually, Malvo has actually been bought to be resentenced in Maryland. In 2006, a Montgomery Area Circuit Court court sentenced Malvo to six life sentences without the opportunity of parole.
Nevertheless, in August 2022, Maryland’s Court of Appeals ruled that Malvo needed to be resentenced to follow the a 2012 ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court that restricted life sentences for juveniles.
According to on-line records, after previous delays, Malvo is scheduled to be resentenced in Montgomery Region Circuit Court beginning Dec. 2, 2024.
