US Supreme Court snubs bid to revive plea deal for accused 9/11 mastermind
The ruling leaves the 9/11 case on track for a 2028 military trial after the justices declined to restore plea agreements that would have avoided death sentences.
- On Monday, the Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from Khalid Sheikh Mohammed seeking to revive a 2024 plea deal that would have spared the accused 9/11 mastermind the death penalty.
- Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin abruptly revoked the plea agreements two years ago, asserting that such a significant decision 'should rest with me,' prompting years of legal gridlock at Guantanamo Bay.
- A D.C. Circuit panel backed Austin's authority to cancel the deals in a 2-1 vote last year, and by denying the current appeals, the Supreme Court left that ruling in place.
- Mohammed, Mustafa al-Hawsawi, and Walid bin 'Atash remain set for military trial at the Guantanamo facility in Cuba in June 2028, where the death penalty remains a possible punishment.
- Ongoing disputes regarding the admissibility of evidence obtained through CIA torture continue to cause significant delays, even as the court's action clears the way for trial proceedings.
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The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected a request by the alleged architect of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and his two co-defendants to reinstate a plea agreement. The agreement would have given the mastermind of the attacks that shook the world at the turn of the millennium, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, as well as two other terrorists involved, Mustafa al-Hawsawi and Walid bin Attashi, […] The post Will the September 11 terrorists be una…
Supreme Court Upholds Revocation of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Plea Deals
The U. S. Supreme Court has declined to hear appeals from Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-defendants, Mustafa al Hawsawi and Walid bin 'Atash, effectively upholding the Biden administration's revocation of pretrial plea agreements. The court's unsigned order leaves in place a previous ruling by the D. C. Circuit Court of Appeals, which determined that then-Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin acted within his legal authority to withdraw from the …
Supreme Court snubs bid to revive plea deal for accused 9/11 mastermind
The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a bid by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the accused mastermind of the September 11, 2001, attacks, to revive a 2024 agreement that would have spared him the death penalty in exchange for a guilty plea — a deal scrapped by former Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.
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Lincoln Journal StarJustices decline bid by 9/11 suspect
The Supreme Court declined Monday to hear a bid by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, to revive a 2024 agreement that would have spared him the death penalty in exchange for a guilty…
The US Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear appeals from three Guantanamo detainees – including the alleged mastermind of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed – upholding the annulment of plea agreements by the former defense secretary.
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