United Flight 175, moments before striking the World Trade Center’s South Tower (Robert Clark, AP)
* The Pentagon and FBI have advised families of some of the thousands killed that agreements without the death penalty are under consideration
* It comes eleven and a half years after military prosecutors and defense lawyers began exploring a negotiated resolution to the case
* The suspects behind the 2001 attacks were captured at various times and places in 2002 and 2003 and sent to Guantanamo for trial in 2006
The suspected architects behind the 9/11 terror attacks may never face the death penalty under new plea agreements being considered.
The Pentagon and FBI have advised families of some of the thousands killed that the agreements are under consideration to try and bring an end to their more than decade-long prosecution.
The move has angered some family members of the nearly 3,000 people killed outright in the terror attacks.
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Plea negotiations could mean no 9/11 defendants face the death penalty, the US tells families — AP
Pentagon considering plea deals for defendants in 9/11 attacks — CBS News
9/11 defendants may never face death penalty, families told — The Hill
9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and co-conspirators may avoid death penalty in new plea deal — SKY News
9/11 Families Told That Plotters May Not Face Death Penalty — Zero Hedge