Judge Rules Omar Khadr’s War Crimes Sentence Has Expired

An Alberta judge has ruled that a war crimes sentence for former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr has expired.

Omar Khadr makes his way into the courthouse in Edmonton on Tuesday Feb. 26, 2019. The Canadian Press/Jason Franson

EDMONTON—An Alberta judge has ruled that a war crimes sentence for former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr has expired.

Khadr was accused of tossing a grenade that killed U.S. special forces soldier Christopher Speer in Afghanistan in 2001.