NEW : Plea bargain includes an eight - year prison sentence , it says . A source close to the case told CNN on Monday that the deal includes an eight-year prison sentence -- one year in U.S. custody and seven to be served in Canada . Omar Khadr , Canadian , convicted of throwing a grenade that killed a Special Forces medic in 2002 . He was born in Canada , which held sway over his plea . It 's the first Guantanamo military commission of the Obama era .
NEW : Plea bargain includes an eight - year prison sentence , it says . Omar Khadr , Canadian , convicted of throwing a grenade that killed a Special Forces medic in 2002 . He was born in Canada , which held sway over his plea . It 's the first Guantanamo military commission of the Obama era .