US Supreme Court snubs bid to revive plea deal for accused 9/11 mastermind

The Supreme Court’s decision leaves in place a ruling upholding Lloyd Austin’s authority to void plea deals for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-defendants. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

The US Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a bid by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the accused mastermind of the September 11, 2001, attacks, to revive a 2024 agreement that would have spared him the death penalty in exchange for a guilty plea — a deal scrapped by former Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. The Supreme … Read more