Source: The Canadian Press
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Date: February 5, 2009
OTTAWA — Convicted terrorist Momin Khawaja has already served enough time behind bars, his lawyer told the judge pondering the Ottawa man's sentence.
Lawrence Greenspon argued Thursday that Khawaja should receive no more than 7 1/2 years for the seven offences he was convicted of last October in a groundbreaking terrorism case.
Khawaja, arrested in March 2004, has spent almost five years in jail while his trial and sentencing play out. As the courts usually credit offenders with double such time served, Khawaja should be set free, Greenspon said.
He urged Justice Douglas Rutherford of the Ontario Superior Court not to "pander to the collective, frightened will" by handing down an unduly harsh sentence.
The Crown is scheduled to make arguments next Thursday.
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