DC Sniper John Allen Muhammad Execution

In this recent but undated handout photo from the Virginia Department of Corrections, convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad poses for a mugshot. Muhammad, 48, is set to die by lethal injection in Greensville Correctional Center tonight, seven years after he and his teenage accomplice terrorized the area in and around the nation's capital for three weeks. (Getty Images) more pics »

John Allen Muhammad, known as the D.C. Sniper, will be executed tonight, as Governor Tim Kaine said today that he will not grant a stay of execution for the man who left D.C. in a panic after 10 people were randomly killed in 2002.

John Allen Muhammad, the D.C. Sniper, will be executed tonight. (Getty Images)
Kaine said in a written statement: “I find no compelling reason to set aside the sentence that was recommended by the jury and then imposed and affirmed by the courts. Accordingly, I decline to intervene.”

This came after the Supreme Court said the same thing Monday -- they would not get involved in the 48-year-old's death sentence.  Muhammad and 17-year-old Lee B. Malvo were caught in 2002 and were thought to have killed at least 10 people in Maryland and Washington over a 3-week shooting spree where they sniped random people doing mundane tasks like getting gas and shopping. They are also suspected of killings in 3 other states.

Malvo was sentenced to life in prison without parole, while Muhammad was given the death sentence. Muhammad's lawyers pleaded with the courts last week to get a stay of execution, claiming the man suffers from mental illness and brain damage, but they were denied.