A federal judge in Virginia overturned the two life sentences of Washington-area sniper Lee Boyd Malvo on Friday, more than a decade after he was originally sentenced as a teenager.

The great-great grandchildren of Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis and Stonewall Jackson have a message for those who adamantly want to preserve the Confederate leaders’ monuments: Let it go.

DC sniper Lee Boyd Malvo pulls Supreme Court appeal after new Virginia parole law. ... Davis Turner/Reuters, ... "I was a monster," Malvo told the Washington Post in a 2012 interview from behind bars.