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Supreme Court refuses to revive plea deals that would have spared 9/11 suspects execution

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-defendants still face the death penalty at a military trial set for 2028.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Walid bin Attash and Mustafa al-Hawsawi now face a tentative military trial on June 5, 2028. Then-Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin pulled the 2024 deals days after they were made, and the D.C. Circuit upheld his power to do so.

  • Justice Brett Kavanaugh recused himself from the case.
  • The three men have been held at Guantánamo since 2006.