Editor's Note: Truthout will be reporting from the Watada court-martial throughout the coming week. We will have a legal expert and courtroom artist inside and a film crew on the outside to bring you extensive coverage. - smg

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Mistrial Could Be End of Watada Case
By Mike Barber
Seattle Post-Inteligence

Wednesday 07 February 2007

Fort Lewis - The Army court-martial of 1st Lt. Ehren Watada, which ended in a mistrial Wednesday, may have stranger turns ahead: Prohibitions against double jeopardy may keep prosecutors from having a second trial, his lawyer and another legal expert say.
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Opening Statements and Prosecution Blunders
By Bill Simpich and Scott Galindez
t r u t h o u t | Report

Wednesday 07 February 2007

Ft. Lewis, Washington - On the second day of the court-martial of First Lt. Ehren Watada, it seemed at times that the prosecution witnesses were really defense witnesses.
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Hope and Resistance
By Bill Simpich, Esq.
t r u t h o u t | Legal Analyst

Tuesday 06 February 2007

Special security precautions do not erode the presumption of innocence." 0aJudge John Head's observation captured his style of jurisprudence: mindful 0aof public relations as several security officers monitored the proceedings 0ain the small courtroom, but vigilant in making sure that every one of First 0aLt. Watada's witnesses would be deemed "irrelevant."
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February 5, 2007

Defense attorney Eric Seitz addresses the court on day one of First Lt. Ehren Watada's court-martial. Defense counsels hope Watada can gain the respect of the seven-officer military panel sworn in Monday and persuade the officers to reject an extended prison sentence of up to four years.
(Art: K. Rudin / Truthout)

Convictions v. Conviction:
Watada's Court-Martial Begins;
Opponents, Supporters of Army Officer Face Off
By Mike Barber and Kery Murakami
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Monday 05 February 2007

Fort Lewis this week will become ground zero for the peace movement. Activists have called for a national day of action today, when the court-martial of 28-year-old 1st Lt. Ehren Watada begins.
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Stand Against Iraq Sends Officer to Trial
By Tomas Alex Tizon
The Los Angeles Times

Monday 05 February 2007

Lieutenant tried to resign, requested duty in Afghanistan.

Olympia, Washington - The soldier stands in his living room eyeing all the cool soldier stuff he never got to use in a real war. Such as the helmet with not a single ding and the sleek body armor with not a scuff. The gear piles high on the carpet. Go to video and article ...