Sniper suspect's attorney says extortion charges hide weak case

Wednesday, November 6, 2002

GREENBELT, Md. -- John Allen Muhammad's lawyer derided the government's extortion charges against the sniper suspect Tuesday, accusing prosecutors of overreaching in order to make a federal case out of the murder spree.

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