{"id":159467,"date":"2024-08-01T09:20:24","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T13:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=159467"},"modified":"2024-08-01T09:20:24","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T13:20:24","slug":"khalid-sheikh-mohammed-9-11-plotter-reaches-plea-deal-with-us-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=159467","title":{"rendered":"Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, 9\/11 plotter, reaches plea deal with US government"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is accused of plotting the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. He was looking at the death penalty in the case against him. However, his lawyers managed to negotiate a plea agreement where Mohammed would get a life sentence in exchange for pleading guilty. Reports of the use of torture against Mohammed and against others provided headwinds to the government’s case, contributing to the defense being able to stretch the trial.<\/p>\n

From Associated Press:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Strada, national chairperson of a group of families of victims called 9\/11 Families United, had been at Manhattan federal court for a hearing on one of many civil lawsuits when she heard news of the plea agreement.<\/p>\n

Strada said many families have just wanted to see the men admit guilt.<\/p>\n

“For me personally, I wanted to see a trial,” she said. “And they just took away the justice I was expecting, a trial and the punishment.”<\/p>\n

Michael Burke, one of the family members receiving the government notice of the plea bargain, condemned the long wait for justice, and the outcome.<\/p>\n

“It took months or a year at the Nuremberg trials,” said Burke, whose fire captain brother Billy died in the collapse of the World Trade Center’s North Tower. “To me, it always been disgraceful that these guys, 23 years later, have not been convicted and punished for their attacks, or the crime. I never understood how it took so long.”<\/p>\n

“I think people would be shocked if you could go back in time and tell the people who just watched the towers go down, ‘Oh, hey, in 23 years, these guys who are responsible for this crime we just witnessed are going to be getting plea deals so they can avoid death and serve life in prison,” he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Additional Reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Knickmeyer, E., Neumeister, L., a& Sisak, M. R. (2024, July 31). Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused as the main plotter of 9\/11 attacks, agrees to plead guilty. Associated Press<\/em>. Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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