Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine has cleared the way for the execution of sniper John Allen Muhammad.

John Allen Muhammad, the mastermind behind the sniper attacks that left 10 dead, was executed Tuesday as relatives of the victims watched, reliving the killing spree that terrorized the Washington, D.C., area for three weeks in October 2002.

The Supreme Court is considering whether sentencing a juvenile to life in prison with no chance of parole is cruel and unusual punishment, particularly if the crime is less serious than homicide.

The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to block Tuesday’s scheduled execution of sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad.

At 7:24 p.m., Tuesday evening…Mark McClain was pronounced dead after being executed by lethal injection…14 years after he shot and killed Kevin Brown inside a Domino’s Pizza on Washington Road…12 years after he was found guilty of that crime, and sentenced to die. Kevin Brown’s father died shortly after the murder, but those who are still around, and knew Kevin, they say it’s a somber day, like John Eckburg, a friend and former co-worker of Kevin’s. WJBF News Channel 6’s Barclay Bishop has more.

A man convicted of murdering an Augusta Domino’s Pizza store manager during a robbery, 15 years ago, is scheduled to be executed Tuesday night. Mark Howard McClain is scheduled to be executed at 7 p.m. at the state prison in Jackson. UPDATE: Mark McClain was pronounced dead at 7:24 p.m., Tuesday night.

The lawyer for an Augusta man set to become the state’s 23rd inmate to be executed has petitioned the Georgia Supreme Court and U.S. Supreme Court to spare his client’s life…Mark McClain is scheduled to die, Tuesday night, at 7:00 p.m. McClain’s attorney, on monday, asked the U.S. Supreme Court to order a lower court review of the case…

A Georgia death row inmate is asking the nation’s top court to halt his execution until it resolves an Alabama death penalty case he says could affect his legal challenge. Mark McClain asked the U.S. Supreme Court to delay the execution because a ruling in the other case could “alter the legal prism” through which his case is viewed.

South Carolina’s top prosecutor says he’s pleased with oral arguments before the nation’s highest court about why utilities and municipalities should stay out of a water dispute with North Carolina.

The U.S. Supreme Court has granted a condemned Georgia inmate’s request that his execution be delayed, as he attempts to prove his innocence. The inmate, Troy Davis, has gained international support for his long-standing claim that he did not murder a Savannah police officer, nearly two decades ago. Don Logana has more on the case.

The Supreme Court says condemned inmate Troy Davis should get another chance to prove his innocence before the state of Georgia executes him.

The Senate has confirmed Sonia Sotomayor as the first Hispanic Justice on the Supreme Court. President Barack Obama is lauding the barrier-breaking confirmation of Sonia Sotomayor to be the first Hispanic justice on the Supreme Court

The Senate’s No. 3 Republican is breaking with the rest of his party’s leaders to support Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.

The Senate Judiciary Committee has voted to approve Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor to be the first Hispanic justice.

The No. 2 Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee says he’ll vote against Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley says Sotomayor didn’t convince him she’d be able to set aside personal biases and prejudices to decide cases impartially. He says he still feels burned by his support for Justice David Souter, who Sotomayor would replace if confirmed.