Omar Khadr to appeal terrorism convictions

Omar Khadr’s lawyer says the former Guantanamo Bay detainee plans to appeal his terrorism convictions.

Dennis Edney says if the appeal is successful, the toronto-born 26-year-old will walk free. Khadr has been held in Ontario’s maximum security Millhaven institution since his transfer to Canada last september from Guantanamo Bay. He had been held there for a decade.

Khadr pleaded guilty before a military commission in October 2010 to five war crimes – among them killing a U.S. Special Forces soldier. He was given a further eight years behind bars.

Edney says the first appeal will be filed with a military commission, and then later in the U.S. civil courts if
necessary, to overturn all of Khadr’s convictions.