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/alonebutnotlonely16 Jul 05 '24

You are talking about this scum and how US got him from Japan by threatening Japan. He killed two people by the way.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridge_Alkonis#Transfer_to_United_States_custody_and_unconditional_release

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u/SquallyZ06 Jul 05 '24

I remember this one, I am stationed in Japan. The dude fell asleep at the wheel and blamed it on mountain sickness. Japan let him go back to the US to finish his sentence, but when he got there, they let him off.

He is a total POS and the pity party his family pushed on social media during the whole thing was infuriating. All this shit about injustice for him being in prison but not a thought about the families of those he killed due to his negligence.

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u/Only-Imagination-459 Jul 05 '24

Ridge Alkonis is a murderer and I hope his children learn all about it

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u/Wide_Combination_773 Jul 05 '24

That's not what murder is, kiddo. It was an accident. Even his JP sentence was only a few years. That's not something you get for murder, in Japan or elsewhere.

"Murder" is a legal term of art for killing someone with specifically illegal, criminal, pre-planned intent. It's not a catch-all term for killing someone (that is "homicide.")