Guantánamo Judge Sets June 2028 Trial for 4 Sept. 11 Defendants
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Updated · The New York Times · Aug 26
Guantánamo Judge Sets June 2028 Trial for 4 Sept. 11 Defendants
2 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Aug 26
Summary
June 5, 2028 is the provisional start date a military judge set for the Guantánamo trial of four men accused of plotting the Sept. 11 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people.
Lt. Col. Michael Schrama tied that date to a series of pretrial milestones after rejecting prosecutors’ push to begin on Jan. 11, 2027, a timetable defense lawyers argued was unrealistic.
The schedule gives a military appeals court time to rule on the suppression of Ammar al-Baluchi’s confession, which an earlier judge excluded because of torture, along with related appeals.
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed still faces unresolved torture-related litigation, while co-defendants Walid bin Attash and Mustafa al-Hawsawi remain in the case; Ramzi bin al-Shibh was severed after being found incompetent for trial.