If the Pentagon were ever to get courts’ leeway to withdraw a pledge not to seek the death penalty, the United States says, ...
The new administration does not yet have a confirmed defense secretary, attorney general or solicitor general in place.
In a highly unusual legal move, the Justice Department has asked a federal appeals court to stop alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammad from pleading guilty this Friday at Guantánamo-- even ...
A federal appeals court will hear arguments today over whether the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and two accomplices should get plea deals. Family members of 9/11 victims weigh in.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and the Biden administration are attempting to block the deal to pursue capital punishment.