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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.
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.
US appeals court rejects plea deal with 9/11 mastermind, co-defendants – Filing
A US appeals court on Friday dismissed a plea deal that would have allowed the perpetrators of the September 11 terrorist attacks, including mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, to exchange the death penalty for life imprisonment without parole.
Divided US appeals court rejects plea deal for accused September 11 attacks mastermind
A U.S. appeals court on Friday refused to allow Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the accused mastermind of the September 11, 2001, attacks, and two of his co-defendants to plead guilty under agreements that would have spared them the death penalty.
Appeals court lets Pentagon back out of 9/11 plea deals
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals concluded that the plea agreements agreed to by a Pentagon official overseeing military commission proceedings against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Wa
Guantánamo plea deals for accused 9/11 plotters are canceled by federal appeals court
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.
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 agreements made last year with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other defendants accused of plotting the 9/11 terror attack.
Appeals court throws out plea deal for alleged mastermind of Sept. 11 attacks
The decision by a panel of the federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., undoes an attempt to wrap up more than two decades of military prosecution beset by legal and logistical troubles.
Court rules Lloyd Austin had authority to throw out plea deals for 9/11 coconspirators
A federal appeals court affirmed on Friday that former Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin “indisputably” had the authority to revoke a plea agreement made with three alleged 9/11 terrorists. The question in front of the D.
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Pentagon chief loses bid to reject 9/11 plea deals - CNN
A military appeals court has ruled against Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s effort to throw out the plea deals reached for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other defendants in the 9/11 attacks, ...
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Pentagon to appeal ruling that affirms plea deals for 9/11 defendants
The Pentagon chief abruptly canceled the plea agreements in August amid outcry from some 9/11 families, New York firefighters and Republican lawmakers, citing authority granted to him under the ...
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Pentagon head defends decision to revoke plea deal for 9/11 defendants
An order from Austin made public late Friday, in which he said he was revoking approval of the plea bargain and personally assuming that decision-making authority in the 9/11 case, upended the ...
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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.
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The Pentagon chief loses bid to reject 9/11 plea deals
A military appeals court has ruled against Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's effort to throw out the plea deals reached for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other defendants in the 9/11 attacks, ...