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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.
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.
U.S. can revoke plea deal for accused 9/11 plotter, appeals court rules
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 attacks.
US court nixes guilty plea for alleged 9/11 attacks mastermind
Washington, DC – An appeals court in the United States has validated the decision of former Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin to withdraw a plea deal for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks on the US in 2001.
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.
US 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
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.
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 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.
Court rules former Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had authority to throw out plea deals for 9/11 alleged conspirators
A federal appeals court determined that former Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin “indisputably” had the authority to cancel plea ...
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Austin overrides plea agreement with 9/11 defendants - NBC10 Philadelphia
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday overrode a plea agreement reached earlier this week for the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and two other defendants, ... plea ...