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In an order released on Friday night the US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin revoked a

pretrial agreement to reach with five men accused of plotting the 9-11 terrorist

attacks in 2001. Four US passenger plane jets were hijacked, two of which

then crashed into two New York skyscrapers killing almost 3,000 people.

Mr Austin said he was also revoking the authorities of the officer overseeing the

military court to sign the agreement on Wednesday. Now that original deal which

would have reportedly spared the men the death penalty was

criticized by some families of the victims including Terry Strada who lost her

husband Tom in those 9-11 attacks. He was in the North Tower when the first plane hit.

Miss Strada did not agree with the initial agreement that was made.

I think there was a tremendous amount of backlash from the 9-11 community as well as the American public, possibly even

internationally that other people may have been saying how can you do this?

There are many people in the UK that lost their loved ones. I think

that country was the second largest loss of life. So maybe phone calls were

coming in from everywhere. We were extremely outspoken. I put out a statement. All of the families were alerted.

Justice and due process is a trial, a trial where the evidence is heard and they

face their charges and then they face the consequences. I want to see

them face their charges. I want to hear the evidence in a courtroom.

Miss Strada also added that she supports capital punishment for the accused men, arguing it fits the nature of the crime.

The defense lawyers tell us that.

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