9/11 suspect could face death penalty

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.

Moussaoui’s unusual intention to plead guilty to a six-count indictment without striking any kind of deal about his sentence is the latest twist in a bizarre, three-and-a-half-year legal drama.