The alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 terror attacks and two other terrorists being held on Guantánamo Bay will be spared the death penalty under a deal with prosecutors, it was revealed Wednesday.
The announcement came as a bitter pill to swallow for victims' families who have anxiously awaited the conclusion of the case for nearly 24 years - many of whom felt death was the only appropriate punishment for the perpetrators of the heinous attacks.
A spokesperson for the Office of Military Commissions, which is prosecuting the case, confirmed it had entered into pre-trial agreements with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed - the accused principal architect of the al Qaeda attacks - and two alleged co-conspirators, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin Attash and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi, all of whom have been held at the US military prison on the coast of Cuba since 2003.
9 The plea deals will spare the death penalty for the men accused of aiding in the terror attack.
Tamara Beckwith/New York Post "In exchange for 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," said a letter signed by Rear Adm.
9 The Office of the Director of National intelligence described Yemeni Walid Bin Attash as a "Scion of a terrorist family." Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi 9 Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi, one of the defendants charged and detained at Guantanamo Bay.
The OMC letter revealed that the terror suspects have also agreed to respond to any questions the family members of victims have "Regarding their roles and reasons for conducting the September 11 attacks."
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