Ontario Law Society Greenlights Former Homegrown Terrorist's Bid to Practice Law - Law.com International
A Toronto man who was convicted of participating in a failed terrorist plot to set off a series of bombs in 2007 has been given the green light to practice law by a Law Society of Ontario tribunal.
Saad Gaya, now 34, was 18 when he was arrested in 2006. He spent almost 10 years in prison, including five in maximum security. But after a three-day “good character” hearing earlier this month where he was supported by an “impressive list of witnesses,” the three-lawyer panel said he was fit to become a lawyer.
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