Omar Khadr was convicted.
A Canadian captured by American forces in Afghanistan at the age of 15 , Omar Khadr is currently on interim release from prison in Canada pending an appeal of his war-crimes conviction before a military commission in Guantanamo Bay . Omar Khadr . He pleaded guilty to murder and several war crimes in October 2010 at a hearing by a United States military commission . His conviction and sentence were widely denounced by civil rights groups and various newspaper editorials . Khadr was released on bail in May 2015 ( pending an appeal of his U.S. conviction ) after the Alberta Court of Appeal refused to block his release as had been requested by the Canadian government . If he loses his appeal of the US conviction , underway in a separate action , he would serve any remaining time in a provincial facility rather than in a federal penitentiary .