Hazel Weeks is the elderly woman Washington beat up back in 1983. Washington's lawyers don't talk much about Hazel Weeks because she makes Washington look, well, dangerous. She sort of interferes with the image of Earl Washington Jr. as a poor, helpless victim of Virginia's heartless criminal justice system. Here's what happened to Mrs. Weeks. Mrs. Weeks and Washington's aunt were neighbors and Washington had been in Mrs. Weeks' home before.
Authorities say Washington wanted that gun.
Poor Mrs. Weeks was awakened by the break-in and toddled out of her bedroom. Earl Washington did what any victim of Virginia's cruel criminal justice system would do. He picked up a chair and began to beat the woman with it. He beat her until the chair broke apart. Then Earl Washington Jr. dragged Mrs. Weeks into her bedroom and made her remove her nightgown.