Sniper suspect pleads innocent at opening of trial

Wednesday, October 15, 2003

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- With his life on the line, a stone-faced John Allen Muhammad pleaded innocent to murder charges Tuesday as the first trial in the deadly Washington-area sniper spree got under way.

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