Justices refuse to take on plea deal for 9/11 perpetrators

Source Scout · Courthouse News Service reports: The high court also opted not to intervene in Chicago's practice of impounding cars whose owners face as few as two unpaid tickets, even ones unrelated to the vehicle. (CN) — The Supreme Court declined Monday to weigh in on the disposal of controversial plea agreements that could have provided closure to the long-delayed death penalty trial against two perpetrators of the 9/11 attacks. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the man accused of plotting the attacks, and one of his co-conspirators, Mustafa al Hawsawi, sought to enter guilty pleas under a deal that would have spared them the death penalty.

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