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A glimmer of hope against tyranny…

Federal judge bars Army retrial of officer who refused Iraq War

By Jeff Paterson, Courage to Resist. November 11, 2007

Civilian federal Judge Benjamin Settle blocked the Army’s plans for a second court-martial of prominent Iraq War military resister First Lieutenant Ehren Watada. Judge Settle’s preliminary ruling last Thursday found that a retrial would violate Lt. Watada’s Fifth Amendment protections against being tried for the same crime twice—known as double jeopardy.

read on: http://www.couragetoresist.org:80/x/content/view/526/1/

2 Comments

• MikeL says:

  November 11, 2007 at 4:38 pm

  That’s great news!
• JoyGirl Commando says:

  November 11, 2007 at 6:34 pm

  This is great. And Blackwater is losing immunity in Iraq. Details on my blog. (Just click my name)

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