JUST IN: Judge rules Omar Khadr's war crimes sentence has expired
Former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr and his U.S. lawyer Sam Morrison walk into the courthouse after speaking with media in Edmonton on Feb. 26, 2019.
EDMONTON — An Alberta judge has ruled that a war crimes sentence for former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr has expired.But the clock stopped ticking when a judge freed him on bail in 2015 pending Khadr's appeal of his military conviction in the United States. Chief Justice Mary Moreau says the Youth Criminal Justice Act gives judges flexibility to consider bail conditions as part of a sentence.Khadr's lawyer Nathan Whitling had argued in an Edmonton court that Khadr had served more than seven years in custody and on bail.
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