U.S. military tribunal rejects Khadr’s bid for clemency; sentence remains at 8 years
News Agencies – May 26, 2011 The U.S. military tribunal that oversaw Canadian Omar Khadr’s war crimes case has refused his bid for clemency, issuing a statement that simply confirms the eight-year sentence he received in a plea deal. Under it, Khadr pleaded guilty last October to five war crimes, among them the murder…