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.

Agreement would have taken death penalty off table for accused architect of deadliest terrorist attack on US soil; decision ...

The agreement would have spared them the death penalty. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.