REPORT: Pentagon Notifies 9/11 Families That Some Perpetrators May Be Spared Death Penalty Thanks To Plea AgreementsGretchen Clayson
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August 17, 2023 8:30 AM ET
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Pentagon and FBI officials reportedly informed families of the victims of 9/11 that the suspected architect behind the attacks and his associates could escape the death penalty thanks to a plea deal.
‘The Office of the Chief Prosecutor has been negotiating and is considering entering into pre-trial agreements” (PTA’s), a letter to the families read, according to The Associated Press (AP). While the letter stressed that no plea agreement had “been finalized, and may never be finalized,” there was a possibility that a PTA “in this case would remove the possibility of the death penalty.”
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other suspects behind the attacks have been in custody at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for the past twenty years. Military selection of the jury scheduled to hear the case was to begin in January 2021, but that was delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Since then, the trial has continually been delayed due to personnel changes and plea negotiations as well as indecision from multiple presidential administrations including the Biden administration.
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