The man behind the
2002 sniper attacks in and around Washington DC is about to be put to death, after a last-ditch appeal was thrown out.
John Allen Muhammad's lawyers say he is mentally ill, but Virginia Governor Tim Kaine rejected a plea for clemency.
On Monday, the US Supreme Court quashed an appeal for a stay of execution.
Muhammad, 48, will face a lethal injection for the murder of Dean Harold Meyers, one of 10 people killed during the attacks.
Muhammad's accomplice, Lee Boyd Malvo, who was 17 at the time of the shootings, is serving a life sentence in jail.
The pair killed 10 people during three weeks of attacks in Maryland, Washington and Virginia.
Muhammad is due to be put to death at the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Virginia. - BBC News
Skilled marksman Muhammad picked off victims with a high-powered rifle
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