Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr tossed a grenade "with the specific intent of killing or injuring as many Americans as he could" at the end of a July 2002 firefight in Afghanistan, according to a stipulation of facts document Khadr signed as part of his guilty plea.
The sentencing phase is expected to begin Tuesday in the trial of Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr.
Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr pleaded guilty to charges against him Monday, the Pentagon said, in the first military commission trial there since Barack Obama became president.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is reaching out to Canadian officials this week as part of a U.S. effort to resolve the case of Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr, according to two sources.
A possible plea deal under discussion for Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr calls for him to spend some prison time in Canada, according to a U.S. official who would not speak on the record due to the sensitivity of the negotiations.
A military judge has delayed the resumption of the trial of Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr as lawyers discuss a possible plea agreement that would end the first military commission conducted during the Obama administration.
The military trial of a Canadian-born terror suspect, abruptly halted earlier this month when his defense attorney collapsed, will resume October 18 at the U.S. Navy Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, according to the Defense Department.
There will be at least a 30-day delay in the case of Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr due to the need for medical attention for his defense attorney, according to a lawyer for the Office of Military Commissions.
The defense lawyer for Omar Khadr, accused of assembling and planting roadside bombs targeting American troops in Afghanistan, collapsed during testimony Thursday and was hospitalized.
Accused terrorist Omar Khadr on Tuesday briefly addressed the 15 prospective members of a military jury that will decide the case of the youngest captive at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detention facility.
The first military tribunal under the Obama administration involving a Guantanamo detainee is scheduled to begin.
Final preparations were underway Sunday for what will be the Obama administration's first full military commission hearing, set to begin this week.
Accused terrorist Omar Khadr, who has been linked to al Qaeda, pleaded not guilty Monday to all charges he faces in a military trial at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base on Cuba.
The youngest detainee at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detention facility is to be tried next week by a military commission -- with a life sentence as one possible outcome -- and now his lawyer has gone to the U.S. Supreme Court to try to stop it.
Omar Khadr begged them to do it.
Hearings were under way Monday for five detainees accused of crimes related to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and a Canadian charged with killing a U.S. soldier.
CNN's Suzanne Malveaux reports detainee transfers will likely slow the closing of Guantanamo Bay prison.
The first video of an interrogation suspect at Gitmo is released. CNN's Kelli Arena examines the tape.
A 16-year-old Canadian prisoner weeps and buries his face in his hands in an interrogation video that provides the first public look at such an interview at the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Air Force Brig. Gen. Thomas Hartmann defends the tribunals that will try al Qaeda suspects.
A military judge has refused a Pentagon request to reconsider his dismissal of charges against a Guantanamo Bay detainee accused of killing an American soldier
A military judge on Monday dismissed terrorism-related charges against a prisoner charged with killing an American soldier in Afghanistan
The U.S. military has charged a 20-year-old Canadian held at the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as a suspected terrorist with murder and other crimes, the Pentagon announced.
© 2013 Cable News Network. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
|