During a case where three american officers admited to kidnaping and 
raping a twelve year old girl, intervention by the American Government 
reduced the time to serve in jail to six years instead of the forty years 
being asked for by the prosecutors.

Now, considering that they would gladly be killed buy MANY individuals, 
especially the parents and pamily of the girl, the sentence is extremely 
light and has not met with the approval of a lot of people.

Yet the American lawyers for the admitted rapist say that the sentence 
was too harsh and they should oly have time served as the sentence.

They are currently appealing that descision.

Now the real question I have is that when Americans go to other 
countries, that country has to follow American law.  When foreigners for 
America, they have to follow American law.  Why?

More to the point, why is it that rape is considered such an 
insignificant crime in this country that claims to be much more open and 
want to provide the victim with restitution.

Why do you want to make a hero out of rapist by the manner you are when 
they are criminals who make women a victem forever?

It does not matter what sex the perpetraitor is, the punishment should 
fit the crime, and it has in past.

The American case is the first exception that has ever occured.

I know people have made heroes out of Bonny and Clyde and other s who 
kill and take freedom away, but why is that mindset a part of American 
culture?

Well, from other things that happen, like trying to censor the whole 
Internet, it shows that the American law is very arrogant. They don't
care about anyone as long as the American people are 'protected'...
I, for one, think that if they are in another country, they should be
deported to America so they can't cause any more problems in another
country, or they should follow the laws of that country. It seems way
too 'I am better than you' of the US to do that in Japan... This is
why the US has such a bad reputation in other countries... The US law
makes it out that America is better than anywhere else, and that they
are too high and mighty to follow anyone else's law... Don't know about
the rest of the stuff, though.

Kun-chan...