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January 2027 Set for 9/11 Death-Penalty Trial

1/17/2026

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Prosecutors seek January 11, 2027, as start date for Khalid Shaikh Mohammed's death-penalty trial and other defendants in the September 11 case at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
The request comes 25 years after attacks that killed 3,000 people.
The judge weighs challenges to evidence obtained through torture.
Separately, a ruling denied the U.S. government's bid to restart proceedings against Ramzi bin al-Shibh, deemed mentally unfit due to PTSD from CIA interrogations.

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Prosecutors seek January 11, 2027, as start date for Khalid Shaikh Mohammed's death-penalty trial and other defendants in the September 11 case at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
The request comes 25 years after attacks that killed 3,000 people.
The judge weighs challenges to evidence obtained through torture.
Separately, a ruling denied the U.S. government's bid to restart proceedings against Ramzi bin al-Shibh, deemed mentally unfit due to PTSD from CIA interrogations.