Obama Admin Deal Cuts Gitmo Killer's 40 Year Sentence to 8, could walk in 1

Despite 40-year sentence, Khadr likely to go home in a year

By Carol Rosenberg | Miami Herald

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba — A military jury on Sunday gave teen terrorist Omar Khadr a 40-year prison sentence for killing an American commando in Afghanistan, but the sentence was merely symbolic — the United States already had agreed to limit Khadr's prison time to eight years, and Canada last week said it would allow Khadr to serve the bulk of his sentence there.