The deal would have allowed Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to avoid the death penalty in exchange for life without parole.

A federal appeals court determined that former Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin “indisputably” had the authority to cancel plea agreements made last year with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other ...

A U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit panel upheld then-defense secretary Lloyd Austin’s withdrawal from terms with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two others charged in the 9/11 ...

A federal appeals court has canceled plea deals with three men accused of orchestrating the 9/11 attacks, deepening the legal morass surrounding the long-stalled case.

Federal judges ruled 2-1 that Defense Secretary Austin had legal authority to cancel the Guantánamo Bay plea deal for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in the 9/11 case.

The accused 9/11 mastermind's case remains in limbo after an appeals court this week scrapped a plea deal that the government had negotiated but later withdrew.

July 12 (UPI) -- 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 three-judge ...

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is accused mastermind of 9/11 Mohammed is accused of developing and directing al-Qaida’s plot to crash hijacked airliners into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on ...

A divided federal appeals court has thrown out a plea agreement that would have allowed accused "9/11 mastermind" Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other co-defendants to plead guilty in exchange for ...

If the deals do not go forward, prosecutors and defense attorneys both say the 9/11 case could continue for years more — possibly, according to one defense lawyer, until the year 2050. The plea deals ...

The accused 9/11 mastermind's case remains in limbo after an appeals court this week scrapped a plea deal that the government had negotiated but later withdrew.