Washington: The United States canceled the agreement not to give the death penalty to Khalid Sheikh, the alleged mastermind of 9/11.
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin canceled the contract with the alleged mastermind of 9/11, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, 2 days after the announcement. According to this agreement, Khalid Sheikh Muhammad was not supposed to be sentenced to death in lieu of confession.
According to foreign media, the US Secretary of Defense has said in a memorandum written to Susan Scolaire, who is overseeing the case, that I have decided that given the importance of the decision to enter into a pre-trial agreement with this accused, in this way I should be responsible for the decision. I withdraw from the 3 agreements which you signed on 31st July 2024 regarding the said case.
The US Department of Defense said on Wednesday that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the US, had agreed to plead guilty, but Pentagon officials did not disclose the full terms of the deal. A US official speaking to a foreign news agency on condition of anonymity said the agreement includes a provision not to impose the death penalty on criminals who confess to their crimes.
The cases against the 9/11 suspects have been mired in pre-trial legal wrangling for years while the suspects are held at the Guantanamo Bay military base in Cuba.
