9/11 trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and co-defendants
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9/11 mastermind trial delayed nearly 27 years after attacks
In 2024, the defendants reached plea agreements requiring them to plead guilty in exchange for life sentences rather than face the death penalty.
The current military judge is the fifth to oversee the case since the defendants were arraigned in 2012.
Then-Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin withdrew the plea agreements, prompting litigation, and a federal appeals court later blocked the defendants from entering guilty pleas under the withdrawn deals.
Prosecutors drop Khalid Sheikh Mohammed confession appeal to protect 2028 trial
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and co-defendants Walid bin Attash, Mustafa al-Hawsawi, and Ammar al-Baluchi are scheduled to go on trial in June 2028.
Military prosecutors will proceed with the trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed without using his 2007 statements.
Lt. Col. Michael Schrama set the trial date and suppressed the confession, citing severe coercion and lack of attorney consultation.
9/11 lawsuit: new videos reveal extremist links of suspect
Bayoumi was released on 28 September 2001.
Omar al-Bayoumi is the man at the heart of a $1 trillion lawsuit brought by 9/11 families.
Bayoumi's name was found on an apartment rental agreement signed by hijackers Nawaf al-Hazmi and Khalid al-Mihdhar.
Military Judge Suppresses Confession of 9/11 Defendant Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, alongside other defendants awaiting trial.
Judge Schrama found that Mohammed was not given a Miranda warning regarding his right to remain silent and was informed he could not consult an attorney.
Following his capture, the CIA subjected Mohammed to waterboarding and other interrogation tactics widely viewed as torture.
“Now, whether that fits within what is required legally, based on other activities, a court's got to decide that,”
Military Judge Suppresses Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Confession in 9/11 Case
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was subjected to waterboarding and other interrogation measures in secret CIA prisons prior to his 2006 transfer to Guantanamo Bay.
Judge Michael Schrama set a trial start date of June 5, 2028, for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and three co-defendants.
A plea agreement accepted by a Guantanamo war tribunal official was revoked shortly after by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.
“Whether viewed as the unbroken continuation of the CIA's psychological conditioning and severe coercion, or evaluated strictly on the inherently coercive conditions and deliberate denial of rights advisements during the January 2007 FBI LHM questioning itself, the Prosecution has failed to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that Mr. Mohammed’s statements to the FBI were voluntarily given,”
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed 9/11 case: trial date set and confession thrown out
Military judge Lt. Col. Michael Schrama wrote that statements made by Mohammed to investigators in 2007 were not given voluntarily.
A military judge threw out part of a confession made by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed had a plea deal that would have allowed him to avoid a death-penalty trial, but it was thrown out by a federal appeals court.
9/11 trial for accused including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed set for June 2028
Schrama turned down a prosecution bid to open the trial in early 2027.
A US appeals court blocked plea deals that would have let Mohammed and two co-defendants avoid the death penalty.
Under the order, a jury of military service members will first be selected, with opening statements to follow 30 days later.
Military trial date set for alleged 9/11 mastermind
A 2014 Senate report found that the CIA waterboarded Mohammed 183 times.
Air Force Lt. Col. Michael Schrama rejected the January 2027 start date proposed by prosecutors and set the trial date for about 18 months later.
Mohammed was captured in Pakistan in 2003 before being transferred to Guantánamo Bay three years later.