Jurors in the Zacarias Moussaoui case completed a third day of deliberations today without deciding whether the September 11 conspirator should be executed or imprisoned for life.

Jurors in the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui asked for but were denied a dictionary today for use during their deliberations on whether the September 11 conspirator should receive a death sentence or life in prison.

Jurors weighing the fate of September 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui viewed gruesome photographs of bodies burned inside the Pentagon and heard from two determined military officers who crawled almost blindly to safety through falling debris, choking smoke and searing heat.

The judge has urged prosecutors to show restraint, but it has proved difficult to blunt the emotional impact as families of 9/11 victims tell their tales to jurors in the US death-penalty trial of September 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui.

US prosecutors rested their death penalty case against British-linked al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui today with the testimony of a former FBI agent.

The federal judge in the death penalty trial of al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui accepted a government compromise today that will allow prosecutors to present new witnesses about aviation security.

US prosecutors and defence attorneys agree the fate of al Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui could hinge on whether a federal judge sticks to her ruling that the government contaminated half its case by coaching witnesses and lying to the defence.

Prosecutors are urging a judge to reconsider her decision to exclude half the US government’s case against confessed al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui.

AN angry federal judge has unexpectedly recessed the death penalty trial of confessed al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui.

The judge in the death-penalty trial of confessed al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui warned prosecutors that they were moving their case into shaky legal territory.

Zacarias Moussaoui’s sentencing trial opened in Alexandria, Virginia, today with the selection of a jury that will determine whether he is put to death for conspiring with al Qaida terrorists to hijack planes and commit other crimes.

Confessed al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui was unexpectedly allowed to re-enter the federal courtroom in Virginia today for the selection of a jury to decide whether he is executed or imprisoned for life.

PROCLAIMING: “I am al-Qaida,” Zacarias Moussaoui was twice removed from a federal courtroom in Alexandria, Virginia in the US yesterday at the outset of jury selection in his terrorist conspiracy trial.

Finally, new cast members are joining the long-running legal drama of confessed al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui.

Zacarias Moussaoui pleaded guilty today to helping al-Qaida carry out the September 11 hijackings and said he understood he could be put to death for his role in the deadliest terror attack in US history.

Lawyers for alleged 9/11 terror massacre conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui today argued that he is incompetent to plead guilty to crimes that carry a possible death sentence.

Zacarias Moussaoui asked for nothing in exchange for pleading guilty to a role in a terrorist conspiracy that includes the September 11, 2001, attacks, an admission that could bring the death penalty, federal officials said in Washington.

ZACARIAS MOUSSAOUI, the only person in the United States charged in connection with the September 11 attacks, is offering for a second time to plead guilty, a legal source said yesterday.

A US appeals court is hearing arguments today on whether the US government should be barred from seeking the death penalty for accused September 11 plotter Zacarias Moussaoui because it refused a judge’s order to produce al-Qaida defence witnesses.

A JUDGE has dealt a severe setback to the only prosecution arising from the September 11 attacks, ruling that the US government cannot seek to execute Zacarias Moussaoui or introduce trial evidence linking the al-Qaida loyalist to the suicide hijackings.

A judge dealt a severe setback to the only US prosecution arising from the September 11 attacks, ruling that the government cannot seek to execute Zacarias Moussaoui or introduce trial evidence linking the al-Qaida loyalist to the suicide hijackings.

A US federal judge today barred the US government from seeking the death penalty for terrorism suspect Zacarias Moussaoui, inflicting a major defeat on the government for refusing to let the defendant question three al-Qaida prisoners.

The US government has asked a judge to dismiss all charges against terrorism suspect Zacarias Moussaoui.

The US government has asked a judge to dismiss all charges against terrorism suspect Zacarias Moussaoui, according to a motion released tonight.

A FEDERAL appeals court yesterday dismissed the US Government’s appeal of a lower court order granting accused September 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui the right to question a senior al-Qaida leader in US custody.

A US judge has rejected a government compromise proposal and ruled for a second time that terrorism suspect Zacarias Moussaoui needed to directly interview a senior al-Qaida prisoner to prepare his defence.

A US judge ruled today that accused terrorism suspect Zacarias Moussaoui is entitled to see a top secret proposal that would give him access to information from a senior al-Qaida captive.

September 11 suspect Zacarias Moussaoui was inadvertently given classified FBI reports by the US government, and authorities had to go into his cell and recover them, according to court papers.

Zacarias Moussaoui, the man dubbed ‘‘the 20th hijacker’’, declared today that he was guilty of four of six charges accusing him of conspiring with the September 11 terrorists, then abruptly withdrew his attempted plea after arguing with the US judge.

Zacarias Moussaoui, the alleged twentieth September 11 hijacker, attempted to plead guilty in a Washington court today but the judge insisted that he take a week to think about it.