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Plea deal for alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed thrown out by appeals court
The decision undoes an attempt to wrap up more than two decades of military prosecution beset by legal and logistical troubles.
Court throws out plea deal for 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, two other terrorists
The 2-1 D.C. Circuit appeals court decision upheld then-Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s decision to undo the plea deal approved by military lawyers and senior Pentagon staff.
Divided appeals court rejects plea deal for accused Sept. 11 attacks mastermind
An appeals court on Friday denied Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, and two of his co-defendants plea deals that would have eliminated the death penalty.
US court rejects plea deal for '9/11 mastermind' Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
The deal would have allowed Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to avoid the death penalty in exchange for life without parole.
Appeals Court Overturns Plea Deal in 9/11 Case
The court found that Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III had the authority to invalidate a contract reached between the accused mastermind and a Pentagon official.
Appeals court tosses 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s controversial plea deal
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed sought to avoid the death penalty under the plea deal which a court threw out on Friday
Divided US appeals court rejects plea deal for accused September 11 attacks mastermind
The court ruled 2-1 against allowing Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-defendants to plead guilty under agreements that would have spared them the death penalty.
Appellate court okays cancellation of 9/11 plotters' plea deals
A divided federal appellate court panel canceled plea deals for three defendants who are accused to plotting the 9/11 terrorist attacks that killed 2,976 in 2001.
A Court Called off a Key 9/11 Suspect's Plea Deal. Here's Where the Case Stands
The United States’ long legal case against accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed remains in limbo after an appeals court scrapped a plea deal
Appeals Court throws out 9/11 Guantánamo plea deals, clears path for death penalty cases
The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit on Friday threw out plea agreements for three Guantánamo detainees accused of conspiring in the September 11 attacks, clearing the way for the government
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Pentagon to appeal ruling that affirms plea deals for 9/11 defendants
A judge’s decision to allow plea deals in three 9/11 cases sets up a confrontation with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who opposes the Guantánamo court ruling.
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Plea deals for 3 defendants behind the 9/11 attacks are back on ... - NPR
A Guantanamo Bay detention camp judge has reinstated plea deals with three Sept. 11 defendants, ruling that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was wrong to rescind them.