Word: seitz
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...John C. Seitz, a fifth-year doctoral student in the study of religion who has worked closely with Orsi, said that the departure of Orsi and Lewis is a “loss for the university,” but that it will not necessarily inhibit the committee’s growth...
...They left [the religion committee] in a better condition than they found it,” Seitz said. “There’s so much other great faculty in the committee...who can help us get through the transition and guide us to new places. It will be different but just as exciting...
...seemed highly unlikely a new trial would actually begin on March 19. Seitz, Watada's lawyer, said there would be scheduling conflicts and that in any case he would file an immediate motion to dismiss the case whenever it was finally reconvened. "It is my opinion that Lieut. Watada cannot be tried again because of the effect of double jeopardy," he said, contending that because it was prosecutors who asked for the mistrial, and because the judge granted the mistrial over the opposition of defense lawyers, the prosecutors could not subsequently retry Watada...
...Seitz said Watada was frustrated that the case had ended in a mistrial rather than a verdict, but he also said of the case: "I do not believe it will ever be resurrected...
...Seitz said, the problem was that the military did not want to discuss the reasons for his client's failure to deploy. "I think whenever a prosecutor tries to keep out the substance of why a person acted, when it relates directly to the charges that are there, it creates an untenable series of contradictions," he said...