A federal appeals court determined that former Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin “indisputably” had the authority to cancel plea ...

An appeals court affirmed that former Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin had the authority to revoke a plea agreement with three alleged 9/11 terrorists.

The court ruled 2-1 against allowing Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-defendants to plead guilty under agreements that would ...

The 2-1 D.C. Circuit appeals court decision upheld then-Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s decision to undo the plea deal approved by military lawyers and senior Pentagon staff.

A federal appeals court has canceled plea deals with three men accused of orchestrating the 9/11 attacks, deepening the legal ...

A plea deal that would have meant life in prison for accused 9/11 architect Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was tossed out by a federal appeals court Friday.

The United States’ long legal case against accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed remains in limbo after an appeals court scrapped a plea deal. The government had negotiated the agreement ...

The split 2-1 D.C. Circuit appeals court decision ruled in favor of former Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who had attempted ...

A divided federal appeals court has scrapped an agreement that would have allowed the alleged September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to plead guilty in a deal sparing him the risk of execution ...

A divided federal appeals court on Friday threw out an agreement that would have allowed accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid ...

Friday's decision undoes an attempt to wrap up more than two decades of military prosecution beset by legal and logistical ...