Dennis Edney, a lawyer who played a critical role in the release of former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr, has died at 77.
An obituary published in the Edmonton Journal said Edney had dementia and died Saturday.
The soccer-player-turned-lawyer took on many high-profile cases throughout his career. But his Scottish accent became known across the country as he spent more than a decade acting in defence of Khadr, who was detained in the infamous U.S. military prison in Cuba as a teen.
“Dennis was a great lawyer and friend. In all my years in the legal profession, I’ve never met a lawyer more
