Biden calls on the court to block 9/11 mastermind deal

Von WOM

The bid administration asked a Federal Representative Court on Tuesday that a Plea bargain for 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to block that would save him the risk of death penalty.

argumentation of the government

The Ministry of Justice argued in a submission to the Federal Court of Appeal in the District of Columbia that the government would be irreparably damaged if the guilt of Mohammed and two participants in connection with the attacks of September 11, 2001 were accepted. It was found that the government has the right to a public trial and the possibility of "demanding the death penalty against three men who are accused of a hideous act of mass murder that caused death of thousands and the nation and the world would shock".

contradictory views of the Plea-Bargain

The Ministry of Defense had negotiated and approved the Plea-Bargain, but later rejected it. The accused's lawyers argue that the deal is already legally effective and that Defense Minister Lloyd Austin that started to tip the deal too late.

The reactions of the victim families

When the appointment was submitted on Tuesday, family members of some of the almost 3,000 people who were killed in the al-Qaida attacks were already gathering at the US Marinebase Guantanamo Bay, Kuba, to hear Mohammed's creed on Friday. The other two men who took lower roles in the events of September 11 should make their creeds in the coming week.

The views of the family members about the deal are split. Some consider him the best possible solution for more than a decade by preliminary procedures and legal and logistical difficulties. Others call for legal proceedings in the hope of a conviction and - possibly - a execution.

legal challenges

Some right-wing experts have warned that the legal difficulties caused by the case, including the torture of men under CIA custody, after their arrest, could prevent the aging prisoners from being on trial and to come to a judgment that would lead to possible punishments.

military prosecutors informed the victim families this summer that the highest pentagon official who monitors Guantanamo had approved a Plea bargain after more than two years of negotiations. The deal was described by the military prosecutors as "the best way to finality and justice".

criticism of the deal and the efforts of the bidet administration

But some family members and Republican MPs have condemned both the deal and the bid administration for this decision. Austin has unsuccessfully tried to cancel the agreement since August and emphasizes that a decision on the death penalty in such a serious case as on September 11 should only be made by Defense Minister.

A military judge in Guantanamo and a military profession committee and referred back declared that he had no authority to raise the agreement after it had been approved by the highest Pentagon officer for Guantanamo.

legal situation and possible consequences

The defenders' defenders emphasize that the Plea bargain was approved by Austin's own officials and military lawyers and that his intervention is an illegal political interference in the judicial system.

In the submission of the Ministry of Justice on Tuesday, it was argued that the defendant would not be harmed by a brief delay, since the indictment has been running since 2012 and the Plea Agreement would probably lead to being worn out for long prison terms, possibly to the end of their life.

"A short delay, to give this court the opportunity to examine the government's advantages in this significant case, will not significantly damage the defendants," said the government's argument.

The Ministry of Justice criticized the military commission judge for a decision, which in his opinion "had the powers of the Minister of Defense inappropriately restricted in a case of unique national importance". The preservation of these powers "is of crucial importance and justifies the granting of exceptional remedies," said the government.