Zaynab Khadr

An example, Omar Ahmed Khadr, former child soldier, was detained for eight years, according to Andrea Prasow in an article titled “The Child Soldier on Trial at Guantanamo”, published in The Daily Beast. She said that in those eight years, more information was gathered about Khadr to use against him. There was information that Khadr had supposedly ‘bragged’ about killing a U.S. soldier, as well as claimed that the day he planted landmines to kill U.S. troops was the ‘happiest day of his life.’ This information was in 2002, when Khadr was still sixteen years old, still recovering and medicated from his near-fatal injuries. Andrea Prasow said that “The Jury will never hear testimony about how Khadr was strung up like a pig over the air vent in his cell in Bagram, or that interrogators told him a fictional story of a young man sent to an American prison who was gang-raped and died of related injuries-implying that Khadr might face a similar fare if he failed to cooperate.” This information was of course, used as testimony in the case. The people who are adding onto this testimony are not required to tell all the information, for they want the case to go to their side. Khadr was detained for eight years, as stated before. The sixth amendment stated that “In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public…