Trial for 9/11 accused, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, set for June 2028

A US military judge has scheduled the trial for four alleged 9/11 conspirators, including mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, to begin on June 5, 2028, at Guantánamo Bay. This decision comes more than two decades after their arrests and follows the blocking of plea deals that would have spared some defendants the death penalty. The trial date was set by Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Michael Schrama, who cited the need for sufficient time to resolve disputes over evidence obtained during the men's time in CIA prisons and their subsequent torture. Mohammed, along with Walid bin Attash, Mustafa al-Hawsawi, and Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, will face a jury of military service members. The proceedings will include jury selection, opening statements, the presentation of evidence by both prosecution and defense, and a sentencing phase.

A U.S. military judge has scheduled the trial for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, to begin on June 5, 2028. This date is 18 months later than prosecutors had requested, with the delay attributed to the need to resolve pretrial disputes regarding evidence. Mohammed and three alleged accomplices, Walid bin Attash, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, and Mustafa al-Hawsawi, are accused of plotting the attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people. The U.S. military has faced challenges for over two decades in bringing these individuals to justice. A previous trial date in 2021 was canceled, and a potential plea deal that would have spared Mohammed the death penalty was recently overturned by a federal appeals court and repudiated by the Biden administration.