25-03-2019 17:07 via kvoa.com

Canadian judge rules ex-Gitmo sentence has expired

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — A Canadian judge has ruled that a war crimes sentence for former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr has expired.
Monday’s ruling means he no longer faces the threat of returning to prison.
The Canadian-born Khadr was 15 when he was captured by U.S. troops at a suspected al-Qaida compound in Afghanistan.
He pleaded guilty in 2010 and was sentenced to eight years plus the decade he had already spent in custody at the American prison. He returned to Canada from
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