{"id":2318811,"date":"2024-08-03T20:54:58","date_gmt":"2024-08-04T00:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sept-11-families-cheer-restoration-of-death-penalty-option-after-biden-admin-tried-to-give-prison-time-to-terror-mastermind\/"},"modified":"2024-08-03T20:59:24","modified_gmt":"2024-08-04T00:59:24","slug":"sept-11-families-cheer-restoration-of-death-penalty-option-after-biden-admin-tried-to-give-prison-time-to-terror-mastermind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sept-11-families-cheer-restoration-of-death-penalty-option-after-biden-admin-tried-to-give-prison-time-to-terror-mastermind\/","title":{"rendered":"Sept. 11 Families Cheer Restoration of Death Penalty Option After Biden Admin Tried to Give Prison Time to Terror Mastermind"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsept-11-families-cheer-restoration-of-death-penalty-option-after-biden-admin-tried-to-give-prison-time-to-terror-mastermind%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2318811&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Terry Strada, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boy-scouts-welcome-first-class-of-girl-eagle-scouts\/\" title=\"Boy Scouts Welcome First Class Of Girl Eagle Scouts\">national chair<\/a> of\u2064 the group 9\/11 Families\u200d United, expressed her support for Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin&#8217;s\u200c decision to nullify plea deals for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind behind the September 11 attacks, and his accomplices, restoring the death penalty as an option. Strada noted \u2064that families of victims, with\u200d whom she communicated, unanimously agreed with this reversal, asserting that \u200bthose responsible for \u2063the attacks deserve no mercy. Strada&#8217;s sentiments reflect \u200ba strong desire for accountability, emphasizing that the death penalty\u2062 is the appropriate punishment for the perpetrators of such heinous acts. In contrast, the American Civil Liberties Union announced plans to challenge Austin&#8217;s decision legally, criticizing \u2062it \u200das\u2062 politically motivated and\u200c detrimental to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-need-to-solve-our-violent-crime-epidemic-the-el-salvador-way\/\" title=\"Solve violent crime like El Salvador\">judicial\u200b process<\/a>. The debate centers around the implications of the plea deals \u2063that had promised life sentences without the death penalty, and the ongoing fear among victims&#8217;\u200c families regarding the possibility of future commutations \u200bor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/french-man-jailed-for-8-years-on-spying-charges-in-islamic-republic-of-iran\/\" title=\"French Man Jailed for 8 Years on &#039;Spying&#039; Charges in Islamic Republic of Iran\">prisoner swaps<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section>\n<p>The head of a group of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-michigan-house-member-files-to-impeach-governor-gretchen-whitmer\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Michigan House Member Files to Impeach Governor Gretchen Whitmer\">family members<\/a> of victims of the Sept. 11 terror attacks said Saturday that she&rsquo;s hearing nearly unanimous praise after the U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/did-president-trump-spring-a-trap-on-treasonous-democrats-on-election-night\/\" title=\"Did President Trump Spring a Trap on Treasonous Democrats on Election Night?\">defense secretary<\/a> was forced to nullify a plea deals for the accused <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/sept-11-khalid-sheikh-mohammed-guantanamo-76a2dc11440cf9c4c287ee69bd742aa3\">9\/11 mastermind<\/a> and two others that would have removed the death penalty as a possibility.<\/p>\n<p>The American Civil Liberties Union, meanwhile, said it plans to challenge the reversal in court, citing it in a statement Saturday as a &ldquo;rash act&rdquo; that &ldquo;violates the law.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Terry Strada, national chair of the group 9\/11 Families United, said she was shocked by the announcement late Friday that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was suddenly rejecting a plea deal reached just days ago and was restoring the death penalty as an option in the cases.<\/p>\n<p>He <a href=\"https:\/\/media.defense.gov\/2024\/Aug\/02\/2003517325\/-1\/-1\/1\/Secretary-of-Defense-Memorandum-for-Convening-Authority-for-Military-Commissions.PDF\">wrote that authority<\/a> in the matter ultimately rested with him.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Nobody saw this coming,&rdquo; Strada said.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>But she quickly added that it was the right thing to do.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These men deserve no mercy,&rdquo; Strada said. &ldquo;They certainly didn&rsquo;t show any mercy to my husband or the other 2,976 who died in the attacks.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>She said dozens of individuals from her group who she has communicated with since Friday night have been unanimous.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Everybody I&rsquo;ve talked to wants them put to death because that&rsquo;s the punishment that fits the crime and the message the United States needs to send to terrorists around the world: We will hold you accountable and exercise the death penalty,&rdquo; Strada said.<\/p>\n<p>And she said a large international prisoner swap that occurred Thursday was a reminder of the need to ensure that nobody behind the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks that turned hijacked planes into missiles that tore through 110-story twin World Trade Center towers and smashed into the Pentagon are ever set free.<\/p>\n<p>Austin&rsquo;s action came two days after the military commission at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, announced that the official appointed to oversee the war court had approved plea deals with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two accused accomplices, Walid bin Attash and Mustafa al-Hawsawi.<\/p>\n<p>In a release Saturday, ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero said the civil rights group plans to sue to win a reversal of Austin&rsquo;s move.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s stunning that Secretary Austin betrayed 9\/11 family members seeking judicial finality while recklessly setting aside the judgment of his own prosecutors and the Convening Authority, who are actually steeped in the 9\/11 case. Politics and command influence should play no role in this legal proceeding,&rdquo; Romero said.<\/p>\n<p>Families of those killed in the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/9-11-a-world-changed\">al-Qaida attacks<\/a> were told in letters that the plea agreement stipulated that the men would serve up to life sentences but would not face death.<\/p>\n<p>Strada said family members feared that if they were placed in U.S. prisons, &ldquo;any future administration could commute their sentence or use them in a possible prison swap.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not a ghoul that I want them put to death,&rdquo; Strada added. &ldquo;I want them put them to death because I don&rsquo;t want them to have a voice, ever.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Western Journal has not reviewed this Associated Press story prior to publication. Therefore, it may contain editorial bias or may in some other way not meet our normal editorial standards. 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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) announced plans to contest this reversal in court, describing it as a &#8220;hasty action&#8221; that &#8220;violates the law.&#8221; Terry Strada, national chair of 9\/11 Families United, stated she was taken aback by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin&#8217;s announcement late Friday rejecting a plea deal made just days earlier and reinstating the death penalty as a possibility. She noted that he asserted his authority over this matter. &#8220;Nobody saw this coming,&#8221; Strada remarked.<\/p>\n<p>However, she quickly affirmed that it was the correct decision. &#8220;These men deserve no mercy,&#8221; Strada emphasized, pointing out their lack of compassion towards her husband and the other 2,976 victims of the attacks. She mentioned that many individuals from her group whom she spoke with since Friday night shared her views: \u201cEveryone I\u2019ve talked to wants them executed because that&#8217;s what fits their crime and sends a clear message from America to terrorists worldwide: We will hold you accountable and enforce capital punishment,\u201d Strada stated.<\/p>\n<p>She also highlighted a recent large international prisoner exchange as evidence for ensuring those responsible for the September 11 attacks\u2014who turned hijacked planes into weapons against iconic structures like New York\u2019s Twin Towers and The Pentagon\u2014are never released. Austin&#8217;s decision came shortly after military officials at Guantanamo Bay announced approval for plea agreements involving Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two alleged accomplices, Walid bin Attash and Mustafa al-Hawsawi.<\/p>\n<p>In response to Austin\u2019s actions, ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero criticized him for undermining families seeking closure while disregarding his own prosecutors&#8217; judgment regarding these cases. He argued that political influence should not interfere with legal proceedings related to such serious matters.<\/p>\n<p>Families had been informed through letters about an agreement stipulating life sentences without death penalties for these men. Strada expressed concerns about potential future scenarios where they could be transferred to U.S. prisons where subsequent administrations might alter their sentences or consider them in prisoner swaps: \u201cI\u2019m not someone who desires their execution lightly; I want them dead so they can never speak again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2318812,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/eaec812b0390488cab6037aeba685c3a-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[37111,37109,37108,6039,37110],"class_list":["post-2318811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bidenadministration","tag-deathpenalty","tag-sept11","tag-terrorism","tag-victimsrights"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/eaec812b0390488cab6037aeba685c3a-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2318811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2318811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2318811\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2318812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2318811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2318811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2318811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}