GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) — A Canadian prisoner at Guantanamo accused of killing an American soldier has pleaded guilty to all charges.
Omar Khadr pleaded to five charges including murder in a plea agreement with military authorities. Khadr had been facing a possible life sentence if convicted at a trial that was scheduled to start Monday. He was 15 at the time of his capture.
The terms of the plea deal have not yet been disclosed. The military will now hold a sentencing hearing before a jury of military officers.
Khadr is accused of throwing a grenade that killed U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Speer of Albuquerque, New Mexico in Afghanistan in 2002.
