Posted on 08/16/2023 5:37:13 PM PDT by thegagline
The Pentagon and FBI have notified some of the families of victims of the 9/11 attacks that suspected terrorist mastermind Kalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other defendants could be spared the death penalty under plea agreements being considered by the Biden administration.
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“The Office of the Chief Prosecutor has been negotiating and is considering entering into pre-trial agreements,” the letter informs families, adding that while no plea agreement “has been finalized, and may never be finalized, it is possible that a [pre-trial agreement] in this case would remove the possibility of the death penalty.”
The Associated Press reports that in the letter, dated Aug. 1, military prosecutors pledge to consider the views of the 9/11 families before accepting any plea deals, and the note asks recipients to respond to the FBI’s victim services division by Monday with any comments or questions about the potential agreements.
The case involving Mohammed and the four others currently being held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has been mired in legal disputes and delays, particularly concerning the “enhanced interrogation techniques” used by CIA operatives after the men were apprehended.
Some relatives of the 2,977 people killed in the terror attacks expressed outrage over the possibility of plea deals being made.
“How can you have any faith in it?” Jim Riches, a retired deputy fire chief in New York City who lost his son Jimmy – also a firefighter – on Sept. 11, 2001, told the Associated Press about the government’s update.
“No matter how many letters they send, until I see it, I won’t believe it,” Riches said about the prospect of justice for his son’s death, lamenting that “those guys are still alive. Our children are dead” nearly 22 years after the attacks. ***
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He will pardon them and send them away with some nice parting gifts.
So that bass turd Bidenskyyyyyyy is going to let the mass murderers go although they had assault weapons. It’s time to lock Bidenskyyyyyy’s azz up.
What are the anger levels on our meters now?
Mine was at top end seeing a brief clip of the execrable Stephen Colbert making quips and laughing along with the hysterical audience at how Trump is being indicted again. Grrrrrrr.
Biden only hates when his tapioca has lumps in it. The Obama communist cabal is orchestrating all of the stuff going on in the government.
Notice how brazen Democrats are now with what they say and do? Once upon a time, the were tempered by the fact that every 2 years they had to face an election.
Sniffy Joe won’t be spared the death penalty.
The fact that they weren’t summarily executed once found guilty tells me all I need to know about the state of our once great nation
no surprise, just taking care of their own
Yes this is Obama and friends
Like 10 billion dollars each?
They are acting like they did in 2020, no campaigning, like they know they are going to win. Then BINGO, after the cadaver hides throughout the campaign, he gets more votes than any candidate in history.
Plea agreements? What could they possibly still know?
In this case this is BUSH’s fault for not executing them when he first captured them or at least before he left office.
Just more evidence that a former Muslim President is directing the Biden Administration.
This action was committed almost 22 years ago and they remain alive. This is not atypical of state level death sentences. The death penalty is only effective if it is certain.
None
Absolutely outrageous
There never was any.
And that former muzzy president is in turn taking his marching orders from a certain nazi collaborator.
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