Judge sets date for 9/11 defendants to enter ... - Associated Press News
1 day ago · While government prosecutors negotiated the plea agreements under Defense Department auspices over more than two years, and they received the needed approval this summer from the senior official overseeing the Guantanamo prosecutions, the deals triggered angry condemnation from Sens. Mitch McConnell and Tom Cotton and other leading Republicans when the news emerged.
Judge sets date for 9/11 defendants to enter pleas, deepening …
1 day ago · The issues include the CIA destruction of videos of interrogations, whether Austin’s plea deal reversal constituted unlawful interference and whether the torture of the men tainted subsequent ...
Military judge overrules defense secretary and says plea deals for ...
Nov 7, 2024 · Some victim families pushed back on the plea deals at the time, and on Thursday, the head of one organization that represents 9/11 survivors and victim family members called this week’s news of ...
US plans to appeal judge’s ruling allowing plea deals with ... - CNN
5 days ago · Decorations are left behind on the panel of names at the 9/11 memorial site in New York City on September 11, 2024. The US government plans to appeal a military judge’s ruling that plea deals ...
Plea deals revived for alleged 9/11 mastermind ... - Associated Press News
Nov 7, 2024 · WASHINGTON (AP) — A military judge has ruled that plea agreements struck by alleged Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-defendants are valid, voiding an order by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to throw out the deals, a government official said. The official spoke on condition of anonymity Wednesday because the order by the ...
Pentagon to appeal ruling that affirms plea deals for 9/11 …
6 days ago · A judge’s decision to allow plea deals in three 9/11 cases sets up a confrontation with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who opposes the Guantánamo court ruling.
US reaches plea deal with alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh ...
Jul 31, 2024 · The US has reached a plea deal with alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other defendants accused of plotting the 2001 terror attacks, according to the Defense...
Most criminal cases end in plea bargains, new study finds : NPR
Feb 22, 2023 · In any given year, 98% of criminal cases in the federal courts end with a plea bargain — a practice that prizes efficiency over fairness and innocence, according to a new report from the...
New research examining plea deals finds multiple problems
Nov 30, 2022 · Many criminal cases end not in a trial but in a plea deal. Lawyers negotiate such agreements in private, meaning the public learns very little about how they work.
Inside the Collapse of Hunter Biden’s Plea Deal
Aug 19, 2023 · There were signs, subtle but unmistakable, that Hunter Biden’s high-stakes plea agreement with federal prosecutors might be on shaky ground hours before it went public in June, according to...