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Khadr plea deal in the works
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Fri Oct 15, 2010 CBC News
C News has confirmed there are talks between the U.S. government and Canadian Omar Khadr's defence team aimed at reaching a plea deal ahead of the resumption of his war-crimes trial at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Nate Whitling, Khadr's Canadian lawyer in Edmonton, told CBC News a potential deal is in the works but he couldn't comment on the details. "There is no deal right now," he said.
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/politics/story/2010/10/14/omar-khadr-deal.html#ixzz12RPfSeTR |
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Canadian defendant Omar Khadr, left, attends his pretrial hearing in Guantanamo Bay in August, as seen in this courtroom sketch, which was reviewed by the U.S. military. (Janet Hamlin/Associated Press)
