News Watada Court-Martial Update
posted by on February 5 at 15:35 PM
The Seattle Times caught Sean Penn outside the Fort Lewis gates, protesting and smoking:
And inside the courtroom is The Stranger’s Sage Van Wing, who tells me that the military judge has ruled all of Lt. Ehren Watada’s defense witnesses “irrelevant”—every single one of them, Sage says. Sounds like it will be a short defense, although Lt. Watada himself apparently plans to take the stand.
More from Sage later in the day.
shouldn't that headline be: "68 yr old Sean Penn prepares for his greatest challenge yet; living to 69"
shit...the dude looks realllllly old...
Huh, if you didn't read the lede, you might think it was a picture of a pretty healthy looking Harvey Keitel.
He looks better than his little bro.
Whatever. On the subject, though, ruling out defense witnesses is not that unusual in a military court martial. The bar is fairly high (translation: you are almost always guilty, even if innocent).
I'm proud of Watada standing up to the government for his beliefs, but, your ass belongs to them once you sign on the dotted line.
As much as I'd like to see him win his case, I don't think he will.
Is Sean getting in shape to play Gary Ridgeway?
Well, I would still let him bone the shit out of me.
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