The Long-Dreaded 9/11 Plea Deal Is Imminent

NR’s Zach Kessel and the New York Post report that the Biden administration has finally pulled the trigger on a plea bargain that will withdraw the death penalty as a potential sentence for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and at least two other 9/11 plotters in exchange for their guilty pleas to murder and terrorism-conspiracy charges. The pleas would likely result in sentences of life imprisonment.

This, naturally, will enrage much of the country, particularly most members of the 9/11 families’ community who have been waiting for over 20 years for a trial and ultimate accountability for the jihadists. Everybody knows that the terrorists are guilty — they bragged about it to the world. And everybody knows they were never going to be released, regardless of whether a trial eventually happened. What Americans have wanted is justice. That will be denied.

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Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.

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NR’s Zach Kessel and the New York Post report that the Biden administration has finally pulled the trigger on a plea bargain that will withdraw the death penalty as a potential sentence for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and at least two other 9/11 plotters in exchange for their guilty pleas to murder and terrorism-conspiracy charges. The pleas would likely result in sentences of life imprisonment.

This, naturally, will enrage much of the country, particularly most members of the 9/11 families’ community who have been waiting for over 20 years for a trial and ultimate accountability for the jihadists. Everybody knows that the terrorists are guilty — they bragged about it to the world. And everybody knows they were never going to be released, regardless of whether a trial eventually happened. What Americans have wanted is justice. That will be denied.

About the Author

Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.