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Judge: Iraq War Resister Can’t Be Retried

HeadlineOct 23, 2008

In Washington State, a federal judge has ruled the military can’t retry Ehren Watada, the first Army officer to refuse to deploy to Iraq. US District Judge Benjamin Settle says a second court-martial would violate Watada’s right against double jeopardy. Watada’s first court-martial ended in a mistrial. He had faced up to six years in prison.

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