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29 October 2008

Good news... bad news

Hey, this is Canada... what were you expecting?
Mr. Khawaja, a 29- year-old who took terrorist training in Pakistan while on leave from his job fixing computers for Canada's Foreign Affairs Department, is the second person convicted under antiterrorism laws passed in 2001.
Hmmm... two convictions in seven years... not exactly the landslide of persecution the lefties have been screaming about, huh?

And what does this mean for the now convicted terrorist?
While Mr. Khawaja faces a life sentence, it is standard for Canadian prisoners to be credited two days for every one day served in pretrial custody.

If that holds true in this case, it means Mr. Khawaja has in effect already served more than nine years of his eventual sentence, and parole eligibility could be only a few years away.
Yup... no surprise there.

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