3 August 2024 at 02:27 The US withdraws agreement with three September 11 defendants The US Department of Defense announced on Saturday night that it is withdrawing the agreement it made with three September 11 defendants earlier this week. Reuters reports. According to Defense Minister Lloyd Austin, the agreement was originally entered into by a former brigade commander who was in charge of the case, Susan K. Escallier. Austin says in a statement that he has taken direct control of the case and that he is withdrawing the agreement. The deal involved the three defendants, including the key mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, to plead guilty to their involvement in the 2001 terrorist attack on the United States. In exchange for pleading guilty, they would be spared the death penalty and instead serve life sentences, according to New York Times. Almost 3,000 were killed in the terror.
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