Families of 9/11 victims rip plea deal allowing mastermind KSM to avoid death penalty

 The grieving families of the heroic first responders killed in the Sept. 11 attacks slammed a plea deal struck Wednesday that allows three alleged terrorists — including accused mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammad — to avoid the death penalty.

”I feel like I was kicked,” said retired NYPD officer Jim Smith, whose wife, Moira Smith, was the only female police officer killed in the terror attacks.

“The prosecution and families have waited for 23 years to have our day in court to put on the record what these animals did to our loved ones. They took that opportunity away from us. They committed the worst crime in the history of our country they should receive the highest penalty.”

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Families of 9/11 victims slammed the plea deal that allows three terrorists to avoid the death penalty.New York Post

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Moira Smith was the only female police officer to die during he 9/11 terror attacks.

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Moira Smith’s husband Jim Smith said he felt “kicked” by the plea deal.Getty
Mohammad, who allegedly masterminded the 9/11 tragedy, along with accused co-conspirators Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin ‘Attash and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi were accused of providing training, financial support and other assistance to the 19 terrorists who hijacked passenger jets and crashed them into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Shanksville, Pa. on Sept. 11, 2001.

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Joseph and John Vigiano died in the 9/11 attacks.Copyphoto

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9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammad was involved in the plea deal.AP
The three Guantánamo Bay inmates struck a deal with military prosecutors that spares them from the death penalty, it was revealed Wednesday.

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