UPDATE: Red Onion prisoner and DC sniper Malvo denied parole in Virginia

Red Onion Prison inmate and convicted DC sniper Lee Boyd Malvo has been denied parole by a Virginia appeals court.

Judges said Malvo is still a risk to the community and will remain in Wise County to serve out life sentences for his role in the October 2002 slayings of 17 people.

A Maryland court ruled last month that Malvo, who was 17 at the time of the shootings, must be resentenced in that state due to constitutional protections for juveniles.

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