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A Prince William County prosecutor whose office is next in line to try sniper Lee Boyd Malvo for capital murder said yesterday that arguments that juveniles should not be eligible for the death penalty are "psychobabble."
"Defendants are individuals and juveniles are individuals, and whether something happens the day before or after the day someone turns 18 is hardly dispositive of the appropriate sentence," said Richard A. Conway, the Prince William County assistant commonwealth's attorney who helped prosecute sniper John Allen Muhammad last fall.See the full content of this document
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Death-Penalty Foes Rankle Prosecutor
Mr. Conway's comments came after the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday wrestled over whether to allow states to execute killers who committed their crimes as minors.
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