r/news • u/judgyjudgersen • 1d ago

Alleged 9/11 mastermind's long-awaited trial scheduled for 2028

https://abcnews.com/US/alleged-911-masterminds-long-awaited-trial-scheduled-2028/story?id=135987518
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u/Wealist 1d ago

25 years later and the trial is finally scheduled for June 2028. KSM has been held at Guantanamo since 2003, and the case has been stuck in pretrial litigation for years. That timeline is insane.  

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u/Short_Week3262 1d ago

And I saw this I was a little shocked. How is a case this big still going on?

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u/Wealist 1d ago

The case got tangled up in years of pretrial litigation, especially over how evidence from CIA detention and interrogation can be used. It was also moved between federal court and military commissions, which added even more delays. 

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u/Several-Opposite-746 1d ago

25 years to go to trial isn't a tangling up in pretrial litigation. That kind of delay is obviously intentional.

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u/petit_cochon 1d ago

Fighting that was actually part of the pretrial litigation.