The U.S. Department of Defense is challenging the decision of a military judge to reinstate three 9/11 terrorists’ plea deals that guarantee they would be spared the death penalty.
The Pentagon pledged in a Nov. 8 letter to victims’ families that it would fight to delay the guilty plea hearings.
The announcement followed a months-long back-and-forth between the DoD, the Office of Military Commissions (OMC) and attorneys for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed — the accused architect of the al Qaeda attacks — and two alleged co-conspirators, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin Attash and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi.
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