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Pentagon appeals judge's ruling that would let 9/11 terrorists take plea and escape death penalty
The US Department of Defense is challenging the decision of a military judge to reinstate three 9/11 terrorists' plea deals that guarantee they would be spared the death penalty.
Military judge reinstates plea deals for 9/11 mastermind KSM, two other terrorists in shock ruling
The stunning move comes three months after Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin revoked the shocking plea deals handed out to Mohammed and two alleged accomplices by the Office of Military...
Bill would bar future death penalty-free 9/11 plea deals for KSM, terror plotters: 'Anything less is a disservice'
"Anything less is a disservice to all those who made the ultimate sacrifice on that day and in the months and years since," New York Republican Rep. Mike Lawler said.
Lawyers for accused 9/11 terrorists say move to revoke plea deal was ‘corrupt’
“For us, it raises very serious questions about continuing to engage in a system that seems so obviously corrupt and rigged,” a lawyer for one of the alleged terrorists said...
9/11 community demands swift trial, death penalty for accused
“At the end of the day, what we want is for the government to provide justice to the families and those Americans who were killed,” said New York Rep. Nicole...
Death penalty back on the table for accused 9/11 terrorists in stunning reversal
Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin revoked plea deals on Friday that would have spared the death penalty for the accused mastermind of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and two alleged accomplices.
Plea deal for 9/11 mastermind resurrects specter of Guantanamo's closing — will it ever happen?
A plea deal with the alleged mastermind behind the Sept. 11 attacks has resurrected questions about the future of Guantánamo Bay – the military prison where the US has lodged suspected...
9/11 survivors who battled life-threatening illnesses rip terrorists' plea agreement
Survivors of the Sept. 11 attacks, many of whom battled cancer and other life-threatening illnesses brought on by the toxic debris the Twin Towers left behind, were devastated and enraged...
Biden 'determined' to close Guantanamo Bay in next 6 months, WH says — after life in prison plea deal for 9/11 terrorists
The prison on the coast of Cuba was opened in 2002 to hold terrorism suspects seized by the US military and the CIA from Afghanistan and other countries in the...
Exclusive: 9/11 mastermind and two other terrorists awaiting trial strike plea deals, will avoid death penalty
The terror suspects will be spared the death penalty as part of the plea agreement, according to the OMC, which sent a letter to victims' families Wednesday detailing some of the...
Biden administration considers holding Haitian migrants fleeing gang-ravaged nation in Guantanamo Bay: report
The Biden administration is weighing a plan to use Guantanamo Bay to process Haitian migrants in the case of a mass exodus from the gang-ravaged nation, according to a report. ...
For 9/11 families, it's 22 years without answers, justice or accountability
For 22 years, my family and I — and most of all my sister, Laura, and the nearly 3,000 others who were killed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks — have...
Biden rejects some plea deal conditions for 9/11 suspects, they could still escape death penalty
Biden rejected some conditions sought by five suspected 9/11 plotters, but they could still be spared the death penalty.
Sept. 11 family members urge Biden to scrap plea deals with KSM, others
Over 2,000 family members and survivors of the Sept. 11, 2001, Terrorist Attack urged President Biden to oppose any plea agreement with five alleged terrorists behind the attack.
No deal for KSM and other 9/11 plotters
A plea deal that spares 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed the death penalty? Hell no.
Biden administration tells 9/11 families that attack mastermind, 4 others could be spared death penalty
The notice came in the form of a letter, obtained by the Associated Press, that was sent to 9/11 families as the government explores how to resolve the more than...
Biden reportedly looking to house Haitian migrants at Guantanamo Bay
In case of a mass exodus of Haitians, the Biden administration is weighing a plan to temporarily hold the migrants in a third country or use an existing center in...
Oldest prisoner freed from Guantanamo Bay after 17 years
Saifullah Paracha was reunited with his family after more than 17 years in custody in the US base in Cuba, the ministry added.
9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed awaits trial after two decades
The mastermind of the September 11 terrorist attack on the United States continues to await trial more than 20 years after the murderous event that left 2,977 dead.
Prominent al-Qaeda figure detained at Guantanamo admits to war crimes
The Guantanamo Bay prisoner is one of 38 men still detained at the base.