9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed & 4 accomplices may be ‘SAVED from death penalty’ as families fight for justice

PENTAGON prosecutors are working on a deal that would spare the 9/11 mastermind and accomplices from the death penalty.

Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four accomplices would serve life in prison if the deal can be closed before the Guantanomo Bay trial.

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Guilty pleas from all the men could get them life sentences instead of the death penalty, according to Daily Mail.

Mohammed, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin Attash, Ramzi Bin al-Shibh, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi are all expected to face the death penalty if convicted without the plea deal.

The al-Qaeda terrorists are accused of hijacking four planes that were used to carry out the 9/11 attacks across the country.

In total 2,977 people died on 9/11, but hundreds more have died since due to breathing in toxic particles that were released from the rubble.

The charges include terrorism; hijacking aircraft; conspiracy; murder in violation of the law of war; attacking civilians; attacking civilian objects; intentionally causing serious bodily injury; and destruction of property in violation of the law of war.

A lead prosecutor, Clayton Trivett Jr., asked defense teams if pretrial agreements were possible for all five suspects.

Those involved in the discussions have reportedly said the defense wrote a list of requirements necessary for a guilty plea that started with the elimination of the death penalty as an option.

They also said the discussion will continue through the month before it is passed on to National Guard Col. Jeffrey Wood for his signature.

This could finally close the case that’s been open for two decades, the longest in the history of war court.

If the deal is reached and the five men are sentenced to life in prison, it could complicate President Joe Biden’s promise to close Guantanamo Bay.

The facility costs taxpayers millions of dollars each year and what happens there has become more of a secret since it opened 20 years ago.

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Family members of those who died on 9/11 or subsequently lost their lives due to inhaling toxins could feel they lost in the fight for justice if life sentences are handed down.

Father and daughter Jim and Patricia Smith lost their wife and mother on 9/11. She was in the South Tower administering aid when it collapsed.

Jim and Patricia went to Guantanamo in 2017 to watch the pre-trial hearings for all five men.

Now 22, Patricia has volunteered to testify against the attackers.

She told The Sun in 2021 she wanted them to remain in Guantanamo “at the bare minimum.”

“We have to relive it every single year – and they get no punishment. People should be outraged that this is happening.”