The trial of the five 9/11 conspirators had been stuck in legal delays.
9/11 alleged mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and 2 others reach plea deal
US reaches plea deal with alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
Three of the five 9/11 defendants at Guantanamo Bay — including alleged mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed — have reached a plea agreement with prosecutors, the Department of Defense announced Wednesday.
Gary B. Sowards, the lead attorney Mohammed, confirmed to ABC News on Wednesday evening that the agreement does not include the death penalty but means his client will essentially serve life in prison.
The trial of the five 9/11 conspirators had been stuck in legal delays for a very long time. No details about the specific terms and conditions of the pre-trial agreement were made public by the DOD. The other two conspirators who have agreed to the agreement aside from Mohammed are Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin Attash and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi.
Patrick White, cousin of Louis Nacke II who was a passenger on United 93 — the flight where passengers attempted to retake the plane from hijackers, and in the struggle, the aircraft crashed in a field in Pennsylvania — told ABC News, “I’ve made my peace with it.”
He added that he believes “life in prison along with an admission of guilt that they were complicit in [the] murder of loved ones” was what he was hoping would result from the plea talks
