Supreme Court rejects appeal from Canadian man once held at Guantanamo
Voice of America
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal by a Canadian-born former Guantanamo detainee who was seeking to wipe away his war crimes convictions, including for killing a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan.
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