Soldier asks for reduction of 10-year sentence for rape of Korean girl

Stars & Stripes ^ | January 5, 2012 | Jon Ribaroff - Yoo Kyong Chang

[QT3.14]

The U.S. soldier whose rape case was largely responsible for the reinstatement of a curfew for all American servicemembers in South Korea appeared before an appeals court Thursday asking that his 10-year prison sentence be reduced.

[leapfrog0202]

[knarf]

True dat ... but bijjiness is bijjiness the world over for GI cash and goods.

(Don't ask)

[Selmore]

What was his defense “I know she was 10, but she looked 12.”

[MrEdd]

Oh I was there in 84.
Not my most happy deployment.

[knarf]

You must have been honorably and happily married ... I was 17 .... /8^) ... !!!

[Cicero]

I think that he’s lucky he only got ten years.

I suppose you can’t blame him and his lawyer for trying, but I’d say, “Sorry buddy, no deal.”

[MrEdd]

Actually, I fell down a mountain at night in a freak blizzard while trying to get two jerry cans of deisel to our genorators before they conked out.

Got medivac’d back to Okinawa with only three hours liberty the whole time.

[rawhide]

I agree, let the Koreans prisoners at him!

[knarf]

FTX in Korean winter is a bitch.

I was 05c20, RadioTeletype Op w/my own warm hootch.

Din't mind it at all.

[rockinqsranch]

It’s been 46 years since I was an MP in So. Korea, so I say nothing about this one.

[knarf]

Dodge City ?

[QT3.14]

People are actually scared of going to prison in korea.

Ironically I just finished a audiobook entitled 'Brother One Cell.' In the 90's a guy 23 (not military) tried to smuggle drugs into the country. He got over 3 years at Jacjon prison. His cell was 9' long by about a little over 4' wide.

[rockinqsranch]

Uijongbu. Camp Red Cloud Hq. I Corps. same as Joe Six Pack, and 2nd div. Vet.

Dodge City rings a bell. Can’t remember what that was about though. Time has taken its toll LOL.

[PLD]

The guy was stupid all he had to do go outside the gates and he had his choice of whores at any age..If it really was rape he deserves all the time they gave him since he did not have to rape anyone..

[BlueLancer]

I did three one-year tours at Tongduchon (Camp Casey) with HHC, 2nd Infantry Division (as a court reporter): 1980, 1988, 1993.

[lonevoice]

No

[SandRat]

My youngest daughter was born at 121 Hosp.

[org.whodat]

Works for me!

[A_perfect_lady]

That’s not just rape. That’s torture. He’s lucky I’m not in charge of his fate. I can be very nasty.

[driftdiver]

If you get away from the bases and bars, Korea is an absolutely beautiful country. The people are great and will treat you great.

Like in America, if you spend time with a stripper in Korea you are apt to get taken advantage of and possibly a good case of an STD.

I remember getting off the beaten track and coming across an old man who hadn’t seen an American since the Korean war. He just wanted his picture taken with me. Very nice and really liked Americans.