Was fifteen not Omar Khadr's age when he allegedly threw the grenade that killed an American soldier?

Did I not read a plethora of comments in this newspaper seizing on this fact and making the case that Mr. Khadr was only a child and as such could not be held responsible for his actions?

But when a person of the same age makes the decision to go about in public covered from head to toe in 90 degree heat we are asked to believe that she does this of her own free will and not following any authority.

Makes perfect sense to me. After all, given what we know about the equality of the sexes in the Islamic world the notion that young Muslim females could face any societal pressure from male relatives or that there could be a power imbalance is patently absurd.