Friday, February 09, 2007

Mistrial ends Watada court-martial

"Prosecutors dropped those charged in return for Watada's signing a stipulation that he had given the interviews. He also acknowledged in the stipulation that he didn't go with his unit to Iraq, though he didn't admit his guilt to the missing movement charge."

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Thursday, February 08, 2007

Lawyer May Argue Double Jeopardy

"Eric Seitz says he'll seek dismissal of the charges against Lieutenant Ehren Watada with prejudice, so they couldn't be refiled. But the Army's Judge Advocate General at Fort Lewis says double jeopardy doesn't apply in this case."

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