Omar Khadr lawsuit: U.S. soldiers awarded $134M US by default
A U.S. federal judge in Utah has awarded a $134.2 million US default judgment in a lawsuit filed on behalf of two U.S.
soldiers against Omar Khadr.
Lawyer Laura Tanner says that collecting the award from Khadr, 28, could be a challenge, but she's looking for a Canadian law firm to help begin the process.
The judge decided by default after the suit got no answer from Khadr, who was released from a Canadian prison last month.
Khadr pleaded guilty to committing war crimes in Afghanistan in 20012 when he was 15. He admitted throwing a grenade that killed U.S. solider Christopher Speer and injured Layne Morris, but his attorney Dennis Edney, later said Khadr pleaded guilty under duress and that there's no evidence he committed the crime.
Khadr spent 10 years in the U.S. detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and was transferred to an Edmonton prison in 2012. He was released on bail in May of this year.