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Old 07-19-2017, 11:26 AM   #807
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Really?

For me I think people would be less upset about this if it actually went to trial and he won money. I think the optics of the Government settling is what has a lot of people upset.
~95% of civil actions settle (for all sorts of good reasons)? What are the compelling reason here not to settle? Pandering to a (perhaps dubious) sentiment among some of the public who just don't like Omar Khadr? Does not seem like a justifiable use of judicial or public resources to me. Does not seem like good government to me.
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