Omar Khadr back in Canada from Guantanamo prison

[Andit]

Sad that people think a 14 or 16 should be tried as an adult when he was forced or brainwashed into this by his father. Do you people honestly think that he deserves torture and 25 years in prison? What do you think he would have recieved here for murdering someone, maybe 2-5 years. This fellow is going to lose the rest of his life being portrayed as such a bad person. I think it is sad and a disgrace that the U.S. would torture a teen and he should be let out and given a second chance. Don't you think everyone deserves a second chance?

I'm not sure how the victim's family would feel about giving him a second chance. Certainly not when by most accounts he does not seem terribly repentent. Heck, his own mother seems rather proud that he murdered an American.

As for torture, please cite examples. Or do you refer to the fact he was held in prison for killing a medic, NOT a soldier.

And, yes, a 14 or even a 10 yr old knows full well what he is doing. I was held to account for my actions by the time I was 5. I am so tired of there being such lowered expectations that no one is responsible for their actions anymore. If I were to kill a murderer, should I be given a free pass because I'm female or a child of immigrants or couldn't find a job in the field I studied or I'm disabled? As far as I'm concerned, the answer is no, but it seems more & more I am in the minority on this.

[frugal50]

Welcome back Kadr

Toronto is the number 1 destination for terrorists



http://www.torontosun.com/2012/09/30...e-haven-expert

[DaveP]

Thanks for the article Frugal, very eye-opening.

(And 'Welcome back Khadr' - clever.)