Alleged mastermind of 9/11 attacks still not on trial
· Telemundo McAllen (KTLM)
NEW YORK — Two decades after U.S. authorities locked Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in a military detention center in Cuba, the alleged mastermind of the September 11 attacks does not appear to be any closer to standing trial than the day he arrived. A judge recently set 2028 as the date when Mohammed will finally be tried in a military court, but some lawyers predict that this will never happen, neither that year nor any other. They argue that the maze of legal issues that arose because Mohammed was tortured after his capture in Pakistan in 2003 is too convoluted to ever be unraveled. A brief initiative to try him in a civilian court in New York City was quashed years ago due to security concerns. A plea deal that would have kept Mohammed incarcerated for life but spared him from possible execution began to unravel shortly after its announcement in 2024 and was ultimately scrapped last year.
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