By The FirstThe Biden administration is reportedly considering a plea deal with 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed that would avoid the death penalty, according to Fox News.
From Fox News:
The alleged architect of the September 11, 2001 attack and several other defendants could avoid the death penalty under plea agreements being considered, according to a letter to families from the Pentagon and FBI.
The letter was sent by federal agencies to several families of the thousands of people killed during the 9/11 attacks. It comes a year and a half after military prosecutors and defense lawyers began looking at a potential resolution to the case.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed as well as four other people are being held at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. The case has been hindered and delayed, particularly over the legal issues of the interrogation under torture that the men went through while in CIA custody.
It continues to say that a plea agreement hasn’t been finalized “…and may never be finalized, it is possible that a PTA in this case would remove the possibility of the death penalty.”
The letter, which was received by some family members, is dated Aug. 1 and asks them to respond by Monday to the FBI’s victim services with their thoughts on a plea agreement.
Mohammed allegedly presented the idea of an attack on the United States to al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, according to the 9/11 Commission. The four other defendants allegedly supported the hijackers in multiple ways.
