9・11同時テロ「首謀者」、モハメド被告ら3人の司法取引が成立 米国防総省
Plea deal reached for three defendants including Mohamed, the mastermind behind the 9/11 terrorist attacks, according to the US Department of Defense
Plea deal reached for three defendants including Mohamed, the mastermind behind the 9/11 terrorist attacks, according to the US Department of Defense
米国防総省は、2001年9月11日の米同時多発テロ首謀者とされるハリド・シェイク・モハメド被告など3人が司法取引に応じたことを明らかにした
The US Department of Defense announced that three people, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who is believed to have masterminded the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, have agreed to plea deals.
The US Department of Defense announced that three people, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who is believed to have masterminded the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, have agreed to plea deals.
モハメド被告は9・11同時テロにかかわったとして03年にパキスタンで逮捕され、共謀、テロ、戦争のルールに違反する殺人や民間人攻撃などの罪で08年に起訴された
Mohammed was arrested in Pakistan in 2003 for his involvement in the September 11 attacks, and was indicted in 2008 on charges including conspiracy, terrorism, murder in violation of the rules of war, and attacks on civilians.
Mohammed was arrested in Pakistan in 2003 for his involvement in the September 11 attacks, and was indicted in 2008 on charges including conspiracy, terrorism, murder in violation of the rules of war, and attacks on civilians.
検察側は死刑を求刑していた
The prosecution had sought the death penalty.
The prosecution had sought the death penalty.
米紙ニューヨーク・タイムズによると、モハメド被告ら3人は共謀罪で有罪を認める代わりに死刑ではなく終身刑とする司法取引に応じた
According to the New York Times, Mohamed and the other three defendants agreed to a plea deal in which they were sentenced to life in prison instead of the death penalty in exchange for pleading guilty to conspiracy charges.
According to the New York Times, Mohamed and the other three defendants agreed to a plea deal in which they were sentenced to life in prison instead of the death penalty in exchange for pleading guilty to conspiracy charges.
これにより、モハメド被告に死刑を求刑して裁判が長期化・複雑化する事態は回避できる
This will avoid a situation where the trial becomes longer and more complicated by seeking the death penalty for Mohamed.
This will avoid a situation where the trial becomes longer and more complicated by seeking the death penalty for Mohamed.
終身刑を言い渡された3人がどこで服役するのかは分かっていない
It is not known where the three men sentenced to life imprisonment will serve their sentences.
It is not known where the three men sentenced to life imprisonment will serve their sentences.
軍事法廷で開かれたモハメド被告らに対する裁判は、米中央情報局(CIA)の極秘収容所で00年代に行われた拷問の問題の取り扱いをめぐって難航した
The trial of Mohamed and others held in a military court stalled over the handling of the issue of torture carried out in the 2000s in a top-secret detention center of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
The trial of Mohamed and others held in a military court stalled over the handling of the issue of torture carried out in the 2000s in a top-secret detention center of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
拷問を通じて得た証拠が裁判で認められるかどうかについて、検察側は法的問題を突き付けられた
Prosecutors faced legal questions about whether evidence obtained through torture would be admissible at trial.
Prosecutors faced legal questions about whether evidence obtained through torture would be admissible at trial.
バイデン政権は、モハメド被告らが収容されていたキューバのグアンタナモ湾にある収容所の閉鎖を優先し、国家の安全を脅かす重大な脅威とはみなさないとした数人を国外退去させた
The Biden administration has prioritized closing the detention center in Cuba’s Guantanamo Bay, where Mohamed and others were being held, and deported several people it said were not deemed a serious threat to national security.
The Biden administration has prioritized closing the detention center in Cuba’s Guantanamo Bay, where Mohamed and others were being held, and deported several people it said were not deemed a serious threat to national security.
しかし今も数十人が同施設で拘束されている
However, dozens of people are still being held at the facility.
However, dozens of people are still being held at the facility.