The U.S.
Supreme Court on Wednesday formally dismissed a case in which Lee Boyd Malvo, who was 17 when he took part in the deadly 2002 "D.C. Sniper"
shooting spree in the
Washington area, was challenging his life without parole sentence. The move comes after a new law was passed in
Virginia, where Malvo is incarcerated in a supermax state prison. The measure, signed into law on Monday, lets people sentenced to life in
prison without the possibility of parole for offenses committed before age 18 - as Malvo was - to seek release after 20 years.