The 2-1 D.C. Circuit appeals court decision upheld then-Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s decision to undo the plea deal approved by military lawyers and senior Pentagon staff.

A plea deal that would have meant life in prison for accused 9/11 architect Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was tossed out by a federal appeals court Friday.

WASHINGTON: A US appeals court on Friday scrapped 9/11 chief suspect Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s plea agreement that would have taken the death penalty off the table and helped conclude the long-running ...

An appeals court affirmed that former Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin had the authority to revoke a plea agreement with three alleged 9/11 terrorists.

An appeals court in the United States has validated the decision of former Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin to withdraw a plea deal for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks on ...

The split 2-1 D.C. Circuit appeals court decision ruled in favor of former Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who had attempted ...

A federal appeals court has canceled plea deals with three men accused of orchestrating the 9/11 attacks, deepening the legal ...

The court found that Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III had the authority to invalidate a contract reached between the ...

Friday's decision undoes an attempt to wrap up more than two decades of military prosecution beset by legal and logistical ...

A divided federal appeals court has scrapped an agreement that would have allowed the alleged September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to plead guilty in a deal sparing him the risk of execution ...

A U.S. appeals court on Friday refused to allow Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the accused mastermind of the September 11, 2001, ...

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed sought to avoid the death penalty under the plea deal which a court threw out on Friday ...