In this photo of a sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin, Canadian defendant Omar Khadr attends a hearing in the courthouse for the U.S. military war crimes commission at the Camp Justice compound on Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba, April 28, 2010. Credit: Reuters/Janet Hamlin/Pool/FilesKhadr's Guantanamo Trial Postponed While Lawyers Work On Plea Deal -- McClatchy News
A military judge Thursday postponed the Guantánamo war crimes trial of Omar Khadr, the Canadian captured in Afghanistan at age 15, buying time for his lawyers to negotiate a plea deal and avert the so-called "child-soldier" terror trial.
Toronto-born Khadr, 24, faces a maximum life in prison if he's convicted at a military commission of throwing a grenade that mortally wounded a U.S. soldier in 2002 wartime Afghanistan.
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Trial of Youngest Guantanamo Defendant Delayed, Compromise Deal Sought -- Voice of America
U.S., Canadian lawyers working on deal for youngest detainee -- Washington Post
Judge Delays Resumption of Guantánamo Trial -- New York Times
Gitmo Defendant in Plea Talks -- Wall Street Journal
Through bullets and grenades: The U.S. account of the Khadr encounter -- National Post
A U.S. request Harper would dread -- Globe And Mail opinion
Trial of Youngest Guantanamo Defendant Delayed, Compromise Deal Sought -- Voice of America
U.S., Canadian lawyers working on deal for youngest detainee -- Washington Post
Judge Delays Resumption of Guantánamo Trial -- New York Times
Gitmo Defendant in Plea Talks -- Wall Street Journal
Through bullets and grenades: The U.S. account of the Khadr encounter -- National Post
A U.S. request Harper would dread -- Globe And Mail opinion
Exclusive — Khadr’s father tried to kill me: aid worker -- National Post
My Comment: I expect an agreement to be reached in which he admits to killing a US medic, whereby he will then be given a sentence, followed with repatriation to Canada to serve his time. After a short period of time, he will then be released.
Is this justice .... probably not, and definitely not for the family of the medic that he murdered.
U.S., Canadian lawyers working on deal for youngest detainee -- Washington Post
Judge Delays Resumption of Guantánamo Trial -- New York Times
Gitmo Defendant in Plea Talks -- Wall Street Journal
Through bullets and grenades: The U.S. account of the Khadr encounter -- National Post
A U.S. request Harper would dread -- Globe And Mail opinion
Exclusive — Khadr’s father tried to kill me: aid worker -- National Post
My Comment: I expect an agreement to be reached in which he admits to killing a US medic, whereby he will then be given a sentence, followed with repatriation to Canada to serve his time. After a short period of time, he will then be released.
Is this justice .... probably not, and definitely not for the family of the medic that he murdered.