Military judge throws out part of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's 9/11 confession
A military judge has ruled that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's 2007 confession regarding the 9/11 terror attacks was not given voluntarily and is inadmissible. This decision creates further legal hurdles for the long-delayed trial of the alleged mastermind and his co-defendants.
Why it matters
The ruling highlights the ongoing legal complexities and human rights challenges surrounding the Guantánamo Bay military commissions and the pursuit of justice for 9/11 victims.
A military judge on Friday threw out a confession made by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. In his ruling, Lt. Col. Michael Schrama, a military judge, wrote that statements made by Mohammed to investigators in 2007 were not given voluntarily, the New York Post reported. The ruling could complicate what has already been a decades-long wait for the suspected plotter to stand trial. The move wasn't initially made public, but sources familiar with its contents told the newspaper that Schrama had axed Mohammed’s confessions from the case in the ruling.
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