A federal appeals court determined that former Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin “indisputably” had the authority to cancel plea ...

A divided federal appellate court panel canceled plea deals for three defendants who are accused to plotting the 9/11 ...

The 2-1 D.C. Circuit appeals court decision upheld then-Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s decision to undo the plea deal approved by military lawyers and senior Pentagon staff.

A federal appeals court has canceled plea deals with three men accused of orchestrating the 9/11 attacks, deepening the legal ...

The split 2-1 D.C. Circuit appeals court decision ruled in favor of former Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who had attempted ...

A plea deal that would have meant life in prison for accused 9/11 architect Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was tossed out by a federal appeals court Friday.

The court ruled 2-1 against allowing Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-defendants to plead guilty under agreements that would ...

The court found that Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III had the authority to invalidate a contract reached between the ...

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed sought to avoid the death penalty under the plea deal which a court threw out on Friday ...

The deal would have allowed Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to avoid the death penalty in exchange for life without parole.

Lloyd Austin, Class of 1975. In high school, Austin's nickname was "Blade," courtesy of his school's football coach. "I was a very thin, kind of wiry young man," Austin recalled.

A federal appeals court affirmed on Friday that former Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin "indisputably" had the authority to revoke a plea agreement made with three alleged 9/11 terrorists. The ...