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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJapan Sentences 2 U.S. Sailors To Prison for Rape on Okinawa
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/02/world/asia/japanese-court-convicts-2-us-sailors-in-okinawa-rape.html?_r=0TOKYO A Japanese court sentenced two United States Navy sailors to lengthy terms on Friday after they pleaded guilty to the rape of a woman on Okinawa last year, a case that outraged local residents and forced the American military to impose a curfew on all its personnel in Japan.
The court in Naha, the capital of Okinawa, sentenced one sailor, Christopher Browning, 24, to 10 years in prison, and the other, Skyler Dozierwalker, 23, a petty officer third class, to nine years for the October 2012 rape. The court also convicted Mr. Browning of robbing the victim of 7,000 yen, or about $75. The two will serve their time in a Japanese prison.
The court ruled that the men had attacked the woman in a parking lot in central Okinawa, inflicting physical injuries that took two weeks to heal.
In handing down the sentence, the presiding judge, Hideyuki Suzuki, called the Americans actions contemptible and violent.
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Japan Sentences 2 U.S. Sailors To Prison for Rape on Okinawa (Original Post)
Bonobo
Mar 2013
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appleannie1
(5,060 posts)1. Rape is rape no matter where it takes place.
Bonobo
(29,257 posts)2. Thank you for the kick. nt
MineralMan
(146,243 posts)3. Those seem like
Reasonable sentences.
CatWoman
(79,293 posts)4. Skyler Dozierwalker?
Bonobo
(29,257 posts)5. Dozer Skywalker would have been better, but yeah. nt
DollarBillHines
(1,922 posts)7. Trailer trash names their spawn crazy shit
And then they have the nerve to make fun of what black parents name their kids.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)6. Teabaggers will be calling for an invasion to free them any minute.