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Federal Appeals Court Cancels 9/11 Plotters’ Plea Deals, Deepening Legal Morass

Federal Appeals Court Cancels 9/11 Plotters’ Plea Deals, Deepening Legal Morass

Federal Appeals Court Cancels 9/11 Plotters’ Plea Deals, Deepening Legal Morass In a significant legal development, a federal appeals court has overturned the plea deals previously struck with three men accused of orchestrating the September 11, 2001, terror attacks. The ruling by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit casts fresh uncertainty over the long-stalled case, which has been mired in pretrial proceedings for over two decades at Guantánamo Bay. The court’s decision centered…

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9/11 Plea Deal Saga Continues: Federal Appeals Court Halts Guilty Pleas for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and Accomplices

9/11 Plea Deal Saga Continues: Federal Appeals Court Halts Guilty Pleas for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and Accomplices

9/11 Plea Deal Saga Continues: Federal Appeals Court Halts Guilty Pleas for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and Accomplices In a significant and anticipated turn in the protracted September 11th terrorism case, a federal appeals court has temporarily halted plea deals for accused 9/11 plotters, including alleged mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. This decision, issued on a Thursday evening, came just hours before Mohammed was scheduled to enter a guilty plea at the U.S. military court in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. The ruling further…

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Appeals Court Blocks 9/11 Mastermind Plea Deal, Execution Risk Returns

Appeals Court Blocks 9/11 Mastermind Plea Deal, Execution Risk Returns

Appeals Court Blocks 9/11 Mastermind Plea Deal, Execution Risk Returns A federal appeals court has reportedly thrown out a controversial plea agreement that would have allowed Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, to avoid the death penalty. The divided court’s decision, handed down on Friday, undoes years of efforts to resolve the protracted military prosecution of Mohammed. This ruling signals no immediate conclusion to the two-decade-long legal battle by the U.S. military and…

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