9/11 mastermind welcomes death penalty

(NECN: Chet Curtis) - The alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks told a military judge at his arraignment Thursday that he welcomes the death penalty. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed views the death sentence as a way to martyrdom. In his first public appearance since his capture five years ago, Mohammed wore thick glasses, a turban and a bushy, gray beard, and he was noticeably thinner - a stark change from the slovenly man with disheveled hair, unshaven face and T-shirt from the widely distributed photograph after his seizure in Pakistan. read more

NECN | June 5, 2008

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