Judge Sets Date for 911 Mastermind Trial
The American court has scheduled the trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, alleged to be the mastermind behind the September 11 attacks, for the year 2028. The prosecution had requested to commence the trial in January 2027, but the judge rejected this and set June 5, 2028, for the trial after numerous postponements that increased due to legal disagreements, including the issue of whether confessions obtained under torture could be used. The defendants, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, face charges related to the 2001 attacks that resulted in approximately 3,000 deaths, following decades of delays. The case was initially expected to conclude in 2024 after an agreement to plead guilty, but the Biden administration backed out of that plan, and the legal dispute continues, with the defendants' lawyers planning to take the case to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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