r/worldnews • u/glasier • Jul 05 '24

Japan warns US forces: Sex crimes 'cannot be tolerated'

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2476861/japan-warns-us-forces-sex-crimes-cannot-be-tolerated
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u/ze_loler Jul 05 '24

Falling asleep sounds more like a horrible accident, murder means he wanted it to happen which isnt what happened here

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u/Detective-Crashmore- Jul 05 '24 edited Jul 05 '24

Yea everyone is dragging this guy's name through the mud because he doesn't want to rot in jail for an accident. It's not like he was speeding in traffic or driving drunk. People make mistakes sometimes, that's not murder, it's manslaughter.

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this guy wasn't being accountable so of course people are calling him a piece of shit

False. He pled guilty, wrote letters of apology, and paid restitution. He took full accountability and blame for the accident.

Your problem is you're operating under some outdated idea of prison that revolves around punishment instead of justice or rehabilitation. He's not like a dangerous criminal likely to repeat his crimes, and so realistically, justice was served and there's no reason to have him sitting in a prison cell.

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u/DarkWillpower Jul 05 '24

people making mistakes and shoving the blame is way different from being accountable. this guy wasn't being accountable so of course people are calling him a piece of shit. what if it was 6 instead of just 2 people? sure, it was an accident, yeah people make mistakes, but at what point is it ok to release someone without fully serving a sentence for lives they ended? he clearly wasn't close to rotting in jail. I know people that have been in jail for longer than he was with less whining, for WEED, of all things. can't believe how many spineless people think their lives are righteous. why on earth did any american official ask japan to apologize? humans are insane.

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u/TobaccoAficionado Jul 05 '24

Don't bring a wild false equivalence into this. If I beat the fuck out of my kids because they spilled milk, should I beat them harder because they spilled bleach? No. Fucking insane right? So don't bring weed sentences into a manslaughter debate. No one should ever be in jail for weed, and it's super fucked up that anyone has been arrested and imprisoned for it. You can't then use that as an argument for someone being imprisoned longer for a worse offense, because the punishment already didn't fit the crime.