A jury in Chesapeake, Va

A jury in Chesapeake, Va., sentenced Lee Boyd Malvo, 18, to life without parole for killing Linda Franklin. Last month, another jury in Virginia decided Malvo's partner in crime, John Allen Muhammad, 42, deserves the death penalty for the slaying of a man at a gas station. Malvo and Muhammad have been linked to 20 shootings in all, including 13 deaths in Virginia, Maryland, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana and Washington, D.C. Today Malvo escaped execution in Virginia, but prosecutors in other states want a crack at winning a death sentence against him, and his mentor, too. Both men are charged with murder in Baton Rouge in the September 2002 killing of Hong Im Ballenger, who was shot in the head as she left work at the beauty supply house she managed. John Sinquefield, chief assistant district attorney for East Baton Rouge Parish, said neither Malvo's age -- he was 17 at the time of the killing -- nor the argument that Malvo was under Muhammad's sinister influence will deter him from seeking the death penalty in the Ballenger case. In Alabama, Muhammad and Malvo are charged with murder in a September 2002 shooting outside a Montgomery liquor store. The manager, Claudine Parker, 52, was killed, and a co-worker was seriously wounded. District Attorney Ellen Brooks has said she intends to bring both men to Alabama for trial and will seek the death penalty against both. Both men are also charged with capital murder in the October 2002 shooting of Kenneth Bridges, 53, outside a gas station in Spotsylvania County, Va. The Spotsylvania County prosecutor has refused to say whether he will try Malvo and Muhammad. Also, Malvo is charged with capital murder in the October 2002 slaying in Prince William County, Va., for which Muhammad was condemned to die.