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Military judge throws out part of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's 9/11 confession
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Key Points:
- A military judge, Lt. Col. Michael Schrama, has thrown out a 2007 confession by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, ruling the statements were not given voluntarily.
- The ruling, which was not initially public, may further delay Mohammed’s trial, already postponed multiple times, with a new trial date set for June 2028.
- Schrama rejected prosecutors' request to start the trial in January 2027, citing insufficient time to resolve pretrial motions.
- In 2024, Mohammed and two co-defendants had agreed to plead guilty in exchange for life sentences and avoiding the death penalty, but the Biden administration later withdrew the plea deal amid criticism from victims' families.
- The withdrawn plea deal included provisions for the defendants to answer questions from victims' families about the attacks, but ongoing litigation continues to complicate the case.
