Sheehan Fights White House Arrest
posted 3:41 pm Tue October 16, 2007 - Washington
Sheehan's lawyers argued her case Tuesday in a federal appeals court in Washington. They claim she was unfairly arrested and convicted of demonstrating without a permit along with several hundred other opponents of the war in Iraq. Her lawyers say Sheehan was not aware that the protest organizers did not have a proper permit and that her right to free assembly and speech was violated.
Lawyers for the National Park Service say park police warned demonstrators before the arrests and that Sheehan went to the protest with the intention of getting arrested.Sheehan has been a vocal critic of the war since her son Casey was killed in Iraq in 2004 while serving in the Army.
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11:14 am on 10/18/07
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