Two-in-five respondents believe Khadr should face trial in Guantanamo; just over a third would repatriate him to Canada. More than half of Canadians feel no sympathy for the plight of Omar Khadr, but the country is divided on whether he will get a fair trial in Guantanamo, a new Angus Reid Public Opinion poll has found. Canadians were first introduced to Khadr’s story in 2002, when he was arrested for allegedly killing an American serviceman in Khost, Afghanistan. A Canadian citizen born in ... | Read More

Respondents side with the notion of holding this particular trial in a military tribunal instead of a federal court. Over two thirds of people in the United States want a group of Guantanamo prisoners allegedly involved in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, to face the death penalty if convicted for their crimes, a new Angus Reid Public Opinion poll has found. Five men who have been held at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba—including alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh ... | Read More

Americans are open to the possibility of trying Guantanamo detainees in a U.S. court, but certain misconceptions about the actual number of people held at the facility persist, a new Angus Reid Strategies poll had found. The online survey of a representative sample of 1,002 American adults also finds that respondents are more likely to choose deportation for Guantanamo detainees who are found guilty in court. The Size of Guantanamo Respondents were asked how many prisoners they think are being held in Guantanamo ... | Read More