Judge throws out KSM confession in 9/11 case in blow to prosecution

Judge throws out KSM confession in 9/11 case in blow to prosecution  USA Today

The ruling marks a blow to the federal government's long-delayed effort to prosecute Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who is accused of developing the plot to crash planes into the Pentagon and World Trade Center.

This week, the trial date for Mohammed and three others accused plotters was set for June 5, 2028 at the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

The ruling comes just before the 25th anniversary of the 2001 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania

A U.S. military judge ruled Friday that confessions made by alleged 9/11 attacks mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to FBI agents are inadmissible and cannot be used against him at trial, The New York Times reported.

A federal court has dealt a serious blow to prediction markets, ruling that Kalshi can’t block the state of Nevada from regulating its platform.  The Ninth Circuit ​Court of Appeals in San Francisco ​ruled 3-0 against Kalshi Friday, saying that federal commodity training law doesn’t block Nevada from also regulating th

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.

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

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

In a major blow to the U.S. case against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the man accused of plotting the Sept. 11 attacks, the military judge rules his confessions were not voluntary.