Prosecutors negotiating deal for Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and 9/11 terrorists to avoid death penalty, report says
The Independent says The mastermind and four accomplices accused of orchestrating the September 11 terrorist attack could avoid the death penalty under a plea deal being negotiated by prosecutors, according to a report.
Quoting people with “knowledge of the discussions”, The New York Times reports that prosecutors opened talks with defence lawyers over guilty pleas from Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his co-defendants in exchange for life sentences.
Lead prosecutor Clayton G Trivett Jr opened the plea deal discussions in an email on 16 March, when the court was gathered in Guantánamo Bay, proposing discussions of “whether pretrial agreements are possible for all five cases,” the Times reported.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/september-11-attacks-terrorists-plea-b2036272.html
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