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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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[–] HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 86 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (2 children)

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

[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 35 points 4 weeks 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.

[–] AES_Enjoyer@reddthat.com 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Also very usual in South Korea

[–] Kickforce@lemmy.wtf -1 points 3 weeks ago

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

[–] mienshao@lemm.ee 29 points 4 weeks 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 3 weeks ago

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

[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 27 points 4 weeks ago

when he's out, he can run for potus

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 17 points 4 weeks ago

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

[–] MinorLaceration@lemmy.world 13 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Japanese prisons are not a good time

[–] voodooattack@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago (2 children)

An eye for an eye leaves everyone blind.

[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago

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

[–] Geodad@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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...

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks 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.