http://www.jihadwatch.org/2011/05/gitmo-detainee-who-killed-us-medic-denied-clemency.html
“Gitmo detainee who killed U.S. medic denied clemency”
(SNIPPET: “The cocky murderer and war criminal, Omar Khadr, got off with a shockingly light sentence as it was. And the denial of clemency keeps him from going back to the rest of his family of jihad sympathizers and supporters — in Toronto — any sooner. “U.S. military tribunal rebuffs Khadr’s bid for clemency,” by Steven Edwards for PostMedia News, May 26 (thanks to Ima Freeman):
NEW YORK — The U.S. military tribunal that oversaw Omar Khadr’s war crimes case has refused the Canadian’s bid for clemency with a statement Thursday that simply confirms the eight-year sentence he received in a plea deal.
The Toronto native had, through his military lawyer, sought to have the sentence reduced, arguing in part that the prosecution had been guilty of “misconduct” in its calling of a key prosecution witness.
The confirmation of the eight-year sentence — in exchange for which Khadr admitted to five war crimes, including the murder of a U.S. serviceman — was issued by retired Vice-Admiral Bruce MacDonald, who serves as the tribunal “convening authority,” or overseer.
Khadr killed a Special Forces medic with a grenade.”
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