Alberta granted Omar Khadr bail
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He's a war criminal and I hope the Canadian Gov't appeals his bail..
Lock him up and toss away the key.
Sgt. 1st Class Christopher J. Speer was murdered by Omar Khadr.
Child soldier- Familiar with the term?
Omar Khadr granted bail
Alberta judge grants Omar Khadr bail
A Canadian judge has granted Omar Khadr bail, offering the former Guantanamo Bay detainee his first taste of freedom after more than 12 years in custody.
Alberta Justice June Ross released her verdict Friday, a month after Khadr appeared in an Edmonton court appealing for bail while his
Guantanamo conviction is being challenged in a Washington court.
“He has 12 ½ year track record as a model prisoner, and a release plan supported by educators, mental health professionals, and his lawyers,” Ross wrote.
“This is a circumstance where balancing a strong appeal and the public confidence in the administration of justice favour the same result.”
Khadr’s longtime Canadian lawyer, Dennis Edney, along with his wife Patricia, has offered to have Khadr live with them and provide whatever community supervision he may require.
A large community group in Edmonton — from imams and medical professionals, to professors at a Christian university where Khadr has been offered admission — has rallied around the 28-year-old.
Edney and lawyer Nathan Whitling, who argued the bail application, said they were delighted by the news. “Omar is fortunate to be back in Canada where we have real courts and real laws,” said Whitling.
Added Edney about Khadr’s release, “it has been a long time coming.”
Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney issued a statement saying he was “disappointed” by the decision and that the federal government plans to appeal. Ottawa could argue that Khadr must remain in custody until that appeal is heard.
“Our Government will continue to work to combat the international jihadi movement, which has declared war on Canada and her allies,” Blaney wrote.
Routine bail applications are often one-day hearings, but Khadr’s case was a legal first, as Ross had to decide whether she had the jurisdiction to grant bail when his appeal is in the U.S., not Canada.
Ross concluded that the “right to seek bail pending appeal is a principle of fundamental justice,” and Khadr’s right is guaranteed under Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
The federal government had argued that granting Khadr bail would jeopardize Canada’s diplomatic relationship with the United States, but did not present evidence that Khadr posed a danger to the public.
A hearing will be held May 5 to determine the conditions of Khadr’s bail.
http://m.thestar.com/#/article/news/world/2015/04/24/alberta-judge-grants-omar-khadr-bail.html
Alberta judge grants Omar Khadr bail
A Canadian judge has granted Omar Khadr bail, offering the former Guantanamo Bay detainee his first taste of freedom after more than 12 years in custody.
Alberta Justice June Ross released her verdict Friday, a month after Khadr appeared in an Edmonton court appealing for bail while his
Guantanamo conviction is being challenged in a Washington court.
“He has 12 ½ year track record as a model prisoner, and a release plan supported by educators, mental health professionals, and his lawyers,” Ross wrote.
“This is a circumstance where balancing a strong appeal and the public confidence in the administration of justice favour the same result.”
Khadr’s longtime Canadian lawyer, Dennis Edney, along with his wife Patricia, has offered to have Khadr live with them and provide whatever community supervision he may require.
A large community group in Edmonton — from imams and medical professionals, to professors at a Christian university where Khadr has been offered admission — has rallied around the 28-year-old.
Edney and lawyer Nathan Whitling, who argued the bail application, said they were delighted by the news. “Omar is fortunate to be back in Canada where we have real courts and real laws,” said Whitling.
Added Edney about Khadr’s release, “it has been a long time coming.”
Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney issued a statement saying he was “disappointed” by the decision and that the federal government plans to appeal. Ottawa could argue that Khadr must remain in custody until that appeal is heard.
“Our Government will continue to work to combat the international jihadi movement, which has declared war on Canada and her allies,” Blaney wrote.
Routine bail applications are often one-day hearings, but Khadr’s case was a legal first, as Ross had to decide whether she had the jurisdiction to grant bail when his appeal is in the U.S., not Canada.
Ross concluded that the “right to seek bail pending appeal is a principle of fundamental justice,” and Khadr’s right is guaranteed under Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
The federal government had argued that granting Khadr bail would jeopardize Canada’s diplomatic relationship with the United States, but did not present evidence that Khadr posed a danger to the public.
A hearing will be held May 5 to determine the conditions of Khadr’s bail.
http://m.thestar.com/#/article/news/world/2015/04/24/alberta-judge-grants-omar-khadr-bail.html
Re: Omar Khadr granted bail
There already is a thread on the Terrorist.
http://forums.canadiancontent.net/news/134010-alberta-granted-omar-khadr-bail.html
There already is a thread on the Terrorist.
http://forums.canadiancontent.net/news/134010-alberta-granted-omar-khadr-bail.html
Good summary someone wrote, worth quoting here..
Let's have a little refresher course on why the case of Omar Khadr is so very controversial:
Let's have a little refresher course on why the case of Omar Khadr is so very controversial:
- The first tribunals were struck down as unconstitutional[1] : "The military commission at issue lacks the power to proceed because its structure and procedures violate both the UCMJ and the four Geneva Conventions signed in 1949."
- An accidentally-released classified document[2] revealed that no one saw Khadr throw the grenade that killed SFC. Speer
- The evidence against Khadr was altered months after the fact[3] to implicate Khadr. Original testimony was that another individual who died in the firefight threw the grenade.
- The Presiding Officer over the tribunal threatened to suspend the hearing if the prosecution did not turn over evidence to the defense. The prosecution insisted they be allowed to alter the evidence first. Before the Presiding Officer could rule on this, he was removed[4] and replaced with someone known for speedier trials.
- Even with this more prosecution-friendly officer in place, he had to bar a Pentagon advisor[5] from proceedings as he had 'lost his neutrality' and was exerting 'undue command influence' in search of a conviction.
- Oh, and the Supreme Court of Canada has twice ruled his rights were violated
Rrright, since he was caught in a war theater, they should have shot him there and then.....they probably would have if they could have seen the future......
Lets see here. He was caught on the battlefield shooting at American soldiers trying to kill them and may have succeed. He lived in a country where they dream of killing Americans & Canadians. His entire life he has been taught to hate the infidels and destroy them all. NAH, he isn't a terrorist is he?
And where did this happen, downtown Boston, oh wait it was his country. So you think a person is a terrorist for defending his home ? Arsehole
He gets bail and it all goes away its done. I thought he was in the middle
of a battlefield at the time if so shooting each other on a battlefield is not
murder. Personally I thought the whole family was an a front to Canada
and should have been deported
of a battlefield at the time if so shooting each other on a battlefield is not
murder. Personally I thought the whole family was an a front to Canada
and should have been deported
And I agree ! you big liberal you .
Seriously I hope he is not a risk to Canada and Canadians .
So if you had knowledge that Michael Zehaf-Bibeau was a Muslim Fanatic, attacked and killed soldiers.. I guess you'd want him free on the street of Canada too..
I look at it a little differently. Had he have been a 15 year old Canadian boy who committed a murder in a Canadian town robbing a bank or committed a murder while selling drugs he would have probably served 7 years.
He was a Canadian citizen, killing soldiers on the same side of the battle as Canada..
If he had been a soldier, he would have been tried for treason, and executed!
He got off easy....
If he had been a soldier, he would have been tried for treason, and executed!
He got off easy....
He was neither a child nor a soldier, just a run of the mill cowardly combatant that hid among the innocent crowds, using them as human shields.