Washington, DC—A proposal to allow alleged perpetrators of the 9/11 attacks to plead guilty and avoid the death penalty poses a powerful dilemma for victims’ families, some of whom still want to seek the ultimate retribution after two decades of legal limbo.
Others say that every year of delay means that more people pass away without seeing justice for their slain relatives—and increases the risk that the aging defendants themselves could die without ever being found guilty. But Dennis McGinley of the group 9/11 Justice said the deal would leave untold the full story behind the attack that killed his brother Danny in the south tower of the World Trade Center.
They were formally arraigned in 2012 for the case, but since the beginning it has been mired in debates over prosecutors’ intent to use evidence that defense attorneys say was extracted through systematic torture at the hands of the CIA. It said the defendants would have to agree to a “stipulation of facts,” which would provide details of the September 11 plot and their roles in it.And, indeed, the prospect of more delays sharpened last week when a military judge in a separate Guantanamo case rejected torture-tainted confessions.Dropping the death penalty in the case though could spark an emotional backlash not only from victims’ families but from Americans across the country, where anger remains deep over the Al-Qaeda attack.
Rockefeller, whose sister died in the World Trade Center, said that in private meetings earlier this year, prosecutors had no answer when asked how long a trial might take.Moreover, she said, “no trial is going to lead to a death penalty because of the torture issue.”“Whether it’s the death penalty or life in prison, I want whatever the terrorists don’t want,” he said.
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