# US Supreme Court rejects bid to revive plea deal for accused 9/11 mastermind

https://mins.news/en/item/106367

- Reuters, 2026-10-19 14:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/us-supreme-court-snubs-bid-revive-plea-deal-accused-911-mastermind-2026-10-19/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6ad6228a75a7df0001b12534

> The US Supreme Court declined to hear Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s request to reinstate a 2024 agreement under which he would have avoided the death penalty by pleading guilty. The deal was later scrapped by then-Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.

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