Teen sniper receives two more life sentences

This is not original reporting. All information has been compiled from The Washington Post article "Malvo Gets Two More Life Terms" written by Michelle Boorstein.

Lee Boyd Malvo, the teen involved in the fall 2002 sniper shootings, pleaded guilty to two shootings in Spotsylvania County on Oct. 26, according to The Washington Post.

Malvo, 19, also agreed to drop his appeals, which guarantees that he will spend the rest of his life in prison.

Spotsylvania Commonwealth's Attorney William F. Neely said he chose not to pursue the death penalty against Malvo. According to The Washington Post, Neely stated he decided not to seek the death penalty because Malvo's guilty plea brings closure to the victims and their families and because the cost of a capital prosecution would be high. Neely didn't think it was likely that a jury would want to exercise the death penalty against Malvo because he was a juvenile during the shootings.

According to The Washington Post, Neely also said that he does not plan to prosecute the other sniper, John Allen Muhammad, unless the death penalty conviction won last year by Prince William County falls through.

Malvo pled guilty to the capital murder charges for the fatal shooting of Kenneth Bridges, 53, and the wounding of Caroline Seawell, 43. Bridges, a Philadelphia father of six, was shot in the back while pumping gas at an Exxon station. Seawell was shot while loading her car outside Michaels craft store at the Spotsylvania Mall, according to The Post.

Malvo entered an Alford plea, which means that he does not actually admit he is guilty but accepts that the prosecution has enough evidence to convict him. Malvo opted not to speak in court, said The Washington Post.

There is one potential death penalty trial left against Malvo in Virginia. Prosecutors in Prince William County are waiting for the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether it's constitutional to execute killers who were 16 or 17 at the time of their crimes.