Judge Throws Out Key 9/11 Confession as Tainted by Torture

Prosecutors argued the statements by the defendant, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, were crucial evidence for the eventual death-penalty trial.

A judge ruled that portions of 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's 2007 confession were involuntary, a decision that could further stall the long-delayed trial.

Head plotter Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's 2007 statements made to investigators were not voluntarily given, trial judge Lt. Col. Michael Schrama found in a bombshell ruling.

A military judge on Friday ruled that alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s 2007 confession to FBI agents was involuntary, excluding the statements from evidence in the long-delayed prosecution stemming from the 2001 terrorist attacks. Air Force Lt. Col. Michael Schrama, the judge overseeing the military com

'Mastermind of 9/11' Khalid Sheikh Mohammed finally set to stand trial nearly 25 years after attacks  GB News

Schrama rejected the prosecutors' proposal to open the trial in January 2027, saying that would leave too little time for the "resolution of pretrial evidentiary and compliance motions."

Military judge sets trial date for alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed  CNN

His plea deal to avoid a death-penalty trial was rejected by a federal appeals court last summer.

The trial is scheduled to begin June 5, 2028, 18 months later than the January 2027 start that prosecutors had requested.

A U.S. military judge has set a summer 2028 trial date for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and three others accused of plotting the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks

Military judge sets June 2028 trial date for alleged Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed  AP News

US military judge has set June 5, 2028, as the trial date for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged architect of the attacks.

A U.S. military judge on Wednesday set a summer 2028 trail date for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and three others accused of plotting the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

A U.S. military judge has set a summer 2028 trial date for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and three others accused of plotting the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was considered one of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's top lieutenants before he was captured in March 2003 in Pakistan.