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Japanese court convicts a US Marine in sexual assault, sentencing him to 7 years in prison (www.independent.co.uk)
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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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[–] 83 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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

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    • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (10 children)

    Japanese prisons are not a good time

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (9 children)

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

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago* (8 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.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 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.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    An eye for an eye leaves everyone blind.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    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

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

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

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    • [–] 16 points 1 year ago

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

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    [–] 31 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    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.

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    • [–] 6 points 1 year 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...

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    [–] 3 points 1 year 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.

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