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A Japanese court has found a U.S. Marine guilty of sexually assaulting a woman on Okinawa, sentencing him to prison terms, in a case that has triggered anger and safety concerns on Japan’s southern island with a heavy American troop presence

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[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 days ago

I interpret for the Okinawan prosecutor's office and while I didn't have to deal with this case, I've interpreted for an Airman who raped a 16 year old. It's so difficult to remain neutral in situations like these.

[–] Geodad@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago

20 years ago - I was stationed in Korea, and a soldier was convicted and put in a Korean prison for attempted murder. He got into an argument and stabbed a Korean man in the neck.

I'd rather be sent to Leavenworth.

[–] selkiesidhe@lemm.ee 7 points 6 days ago

Hope he rots. He deserves a way worse imo.

Ofc the Rapist-in-Chief here in the US will "pardon" him and try to get him out of trouble. Wouldn't doubt if he gets a job offer...

[–] HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 86 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

At last. US military personnel have been raping Japanese women for decades.

[–] AES_Enjoyer@reddthat.com 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Also very usual in South Korea

[–] Kickforce@lemmy.wtf -1 points 6 days ago

Yes, horrible. But the way you wrote it made me wonder where in Korea they were finding all these Japanese women...

[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 35 points 1 week ago

Christ, I didn't know about that. The end of the article lists a couple more harrowing incidents for those looking for more info.

[–] mienshao@lemm.ee 29 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It’s like every day I learn some new thing that makes me hate the US. (I’m american.) Three marines raped a fucking 12 year old? They should’ve been executed. Fuck the US. Okinawa belongs to Japan—FUCK the US military and each and every service member. Disgusting subhuman pigs.

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 days ago

As an Okinawan, "belongs to Japan" isn't something we want to hear tbh.

[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 27 points 1 week ago

when he's out, he can run for potus

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 17 points 1 week ago

It's shameful that this is anything but obvious, but about fucking time.

[–] MinorLaceration@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Japanese prisons are not a good time

[–] voodooattack@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Asian prisons in general are not forgiving to inmates from the same country, imagine being a lone foreigner there. He’s fucked

[–] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

He should have thought about that before raping someone.

That being said, I'm not in favor of non-rehabilitory prisons in general. I prefer the Nordic model for prisons, whers they're isolated from society, but still treated like people.

[–] voodooattack@lemmy.world -2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Some assholes don’t even deserve that. At least rapists and murderers deserve whatever they get imo

Don’t expect people to respect the sanctity of your body if you won’t do same for others.

[–] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 days ago (2 children)

An eye for an eye leaves everyone blind.

[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Wrong, an assailant has a maximum of two eyes to lose, they could at most completely blind one victim or partially blind two victims before being rendered blind themselves, which would make it extremely difficult to take a third eye from anyone

You are technically correct, which is the best kind of correct.

[–] voodooattack@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Not if retribution is purely transactional. It’s not like rape can be accidental, nor premeditated murder.

[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Ah, premeditated, now there's a qualifier missing from the original post. I'd argue some very narrow types of "murder" (as it appears in legal definitions of what you'd be charged with) should not come with a death penalty, and some edge cases not much punishment at all.

Like the most innocent forms of manslaughter, like where someone dies as a result of noone's fault but just terrible circumstance. Such as a traffic accident where noone was being a shithead. Or cases of honest self defense where the other person wasn't stopping their pursuit. Or cases of prolonged domestic abuse causing someone to finally snap.

[–] voodooattack@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, my bad for not including that in the original comment, but that’s what I meant

[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

It's alright, qualifying everything fully is a huge PITA. There are two sides to the "don't assume" thing.