Updated at 12:36 p.m., Thursday, October 4, 2007
Judge to hear Watada arguments against court-martial
Associated Press
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The move was scheduled to be heard at 12 p.m. Hawaii time by Benjamin Settle, the newest judge on the U.S. District Court bench in Western Washington. Settle was sworn in last week.
Watada is accused of missing his unit's deployment in June 2006. He's also charged with conduct unbecoming an officer for publicly denouncing President Bush and the war.
His lawyers say the Army is violating his constitutional rights by trying him twice for the same crime. Watada's court-martial at Fort Lewis ended in a mistrial in February.
