Death penalty to be sought in New York 9/11 trial

ATTORNEY General Eric Holder says self-proclaimed September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo Bay detainees will be sent to New York for trial in a civilian federal court and he expects to seek the death penalty.

At a news conference yesterday, Holder said five other suspects will be sent to military commissions.

He said the detainees in the New York case will be tried in a courthouse just blocks from where the twin towers were felled.