Pentagon Appeals Court Upholds 9/11 Orchestrators Plea Deal

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : The New York Times reported part of a letter from Aaron C. Rugh, the chief prosecutor for military commissions, and his team: "In exchange for the removal of the death penalty as a possible punishment, these three accused have agreed to plead guilty to all of the charged offenses, including the murder of the 2,976 people listed in the charge sheet.
50% : Austin sent the memo to Susan Escallier, the convening authority for military commissions, who signed the agreement about the plea deals.
49% : (Mohammad along with Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin 'Attash, and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi):On December 30, 2024, the following document was filed:(26) 24-001 Moh., KSM - CMCR court denying the petition for a writ of mandamus and prohibition, finding the government (i) satisfied the first Cheney test, 542 U.S. at 380-81, because the military judge's vacatur of the Secretary of Defense's memorandum pertaining to future pretrial agreements was a clear abuse of discretion, but (ii) did not satisfy the second Cheney test because it had an adequate means to obtain desired relief through direct appeal, and therefore finding it (iii) unnecessary to consider the third Cheney test about appropriateness of writ under the circumstances.

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