Essay - Beltway Sniper This Paper Presents a Discussion of the Beltway...

Beltway Sniper

This paper presents a discussion of the Beltway ***** and the cases that are being presented against those who committed the crimes. There are several competing interests in the case including rights, responsibilities ***** issues. This paper attempts to determine what interests takes first place and who ***** interests belong too. The writer also argues that if the interests compete or clash with each other than the premium must be placed on the loss ***** human life, even over the federal charges about transporting guns intrastate illegally. There was one source used to complete this paper.

The nation was held in fear as ***** ***** Sniper took hold. The sniper attacked again and ***** with little rhyme or reason as to who the next victim might *****. Auth*****ities were unable to get a handle on why the shootings were happening and what the benefit for the ***** might be. Those who lived in the area of the Beltway were afraid to stop and get g*****, walk through a parking lot or mow their lawns as the sniper picked *****m *****f one by one. A child was shot and the world gasped in shock, while the sniper continued to slip in ***** out of areas in broad daylight and unseen. When the snipers were finally caught the nation brea*****d a collective sigh of relief. As the ***** began to unfold it quickly became clear ***** ***** ***** going ***** be complicated. The federal government as well as several state governments h***** a stake in the *****come of this case ***** as they line up to charge the snipers, *****re will have ***** be decisions made about who and ***** takes precedence.

The ***** interests in this ***** are the ***** government, ***** state government of Alabama and the ***** government ***** Virg*****ia. Each of these elements have a stake in the outcome of the c*****e *****cause the snipers ***** crimes under ***** ***** their jurisdictions.

The federal government has a stake in this case because of the 20 felony charges it says Sniper John Muhammad ***** to answer. Those charges include ex*****rtion ***** ***** intent to commit murder. The extortion charges are because of the contact that ***** sniper had with officials in which he mentioned a sum of money ***** would purchase the elim*****ation ***** the *****. In addition to the ex*****rtion charges the federal government has issue with the fact that Muhammad was in possession of and transported ***** assault weapons when he had a restraining order in place against him from his ex wife in Tacoma Washington.

***** prosecutors today (10/29) filed ***** criminal complaint, charging alleged Beltway Sniper John Muhammad with 20 felony counts, including extortion ***** intent to commit murder. According to ***** accompanying probable cause affidavit, Muhammad once introduced Lee Boyd Malvo, his alleged teenage accomplice, as "Sniper" (Malvo is referred to as "John Doe, Juvenile" in the document). If convicted of the federal raps, ***** could face the death penalty(Case analysis on