SPOTSYLVANIA, Va. – Lee Boyd Malvo struck a deal Tuesday in which he avoided the death penalty and was sentenced instead to life without parole for the second of the 10 sniper slayings that terrorized the Washington, D.C., area in October 2002.
Malvo, 19, is already serving a life sentence killing FBI analyst Linda Franklin, who was gunned down in a parking lot outside a Home Depot.
On Tuesday, he was sentenced for the killing of Philadelphia businessman Kenneth Bridges. Malvo’s lawyers agreed to drop all appeals connected to the Franklin killing as part of the deal covering Bridges’ slaying.
Malvo entered an Alford plea, in which he didn’t admit guilt but acknowledged that the government has enough evidence to convict him.
Also under the deal, Malvo was sentenced to another life sentence for the shooting of Caroline Seawell, who was wounded but recovered.
Still, Malvo could face the death penalty elsewhere in Virginia, as well as in Alabama and Louisiana. His partner in crime, John Allen Muhammad, was sentenced to death.
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