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John Allen Muhammad said he had been framed for the Washington area sniper slayings, alleging faked evidence ranging from DNA and ballistic tests to maps on his laptop computer that marked shooting scenes with skull-and-crossbones icons.
"They are just nothing but hackers. They just happen to work for the FBI or the CIA," Muhammad said of investigators who examined the computer. They were just a few of the people Muhammad accused of lying in a rambling, three-hour-and-20-minute statement.
"Let me tell you a story about the lying prosecutors and the lying policemen, whew, and the story they told," Muhammad said.
Muhammad appeared to grow more agitated as his attempts to describe a conspiracy against him were blocked.
Muhammad claimed in his closing statement that tests linking his DNA to items found at shooting scenes and the Bushmaster scope were fabricated. He questioned whether parts of the gun had been swapped so that forensic evidence from it matched bullets used in the murders.
"They are just nothing but hackers. They just happen to work for the FBI or the CIA," Muhammad said of investigators who examined the computer. They were just a few of the people Muhammad accused of lying in a rambling, three-hour-and-20-minute statement.
"Let me tell you a story about the lying prosecutors and the lying policemen, whew, and the story they told," Muhammad said.
Muhammad appeared to grow more agitated as his attempts to describe a conspiracy against him were blocked.
Muhammad claimed in his closing statement that tests linking his DNA to items found at shooting scenes and the Bushmaster scope were fabricated. He questioned whether parts of the gun had been swapped so that forensic evidence from it matched bullets used in the murders.
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