The U.S. government earlier this year entered into the plea agreements with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other 9/11 suspects, sparing them the death penalty.

The Pentagon's appeals court has sanctioned plea deals for three individuals implicated in the planning of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

A U.S. military appeals court has ruled that plea deals related to the man accused of masterminding the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and two accomplices can proceed after Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had earlier moved to invalidate the agreements.

A military appeals court has ruled against efforts to throw out the plea deals reached with defendants in the 9/11 attack

FileA plea deal that could let the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 terrorist attacks avoid the death penalty was upheld by a U.S. military appeals court.Earlier this year three men held for decades without trial at the Guantanamo Bay detention center reached an agreement with Pentagon prosecutors to plead guilty and possibly avoid the death penalty.

A U.S. military court upheld a judge’s ruling that said Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin acted improperly when he invalidated plea agreements for three men accused of planning the 9/11 attacks.

A military appeals court has upheld plea deals for 9/11 defendants, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, against Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's objections. The decision allows the men to plead guilty in exchange for avoiding the death penalty.

The US government may move forward with the controversial plea agreements involving three men accused of orchestrating the 9/11 attacks, following a ruling by a Defence Department appeals court, the Washington Post reported.