U.S soldiers rape and murder 14 yo girl, slaughter her family.

[BrainGlutton]

@GusNSpot

I think that if the accused are found innocent, all the media people who claimed that they were guilty in their media form of choice should stand in for that punishment.

Too good for them. They should be forced to re-enact the alleged crime, playing the part of the soldiers, while you play the part of the 14-year-old girl!

[Monty]

@Bear_Nenno

If they did this in Korea, the US would decline authority and let the local government handle it. I think they should do the same thing in Iraq–at least in this case. Public execution n all.

In South Korea, that would depend on a number of issues. First and foremost: did the alleged crime happen on base or off base? If on base, the US Armed Forces would prosecute under the UCMJ. If off base, then the decision to exercise or relinquish jurisdiction rests originally with the civilian (South Korean) authorities. I don’t recall if the death penalty is available as a punishment for rape under South Korean law; however, it is under the UCMJ.

[Johnny_L.A]

In the other case:

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - In the beginning, there were eight. A squad of seven Marines and a Navy corpsman charged with kidnapping and murdering an Iraqi man, a crime described by a prosecutor as especially brutal.

They faced military trials; the death penalty was possible.

And now there are four. In the six months the men have been held at the Camp Pendleton brig, the profile of the Hamdania cases has changed dramatically. The death penalty is off the table and four of the defendants have struck plea bargains.

[Gozu]

@tomndebb

This was a terrible incident and I hope that the perpetrators receive the maximum sentences appropriate (and that the U.S. has the good sense to make sure that the Iraqi people and the rest of the Middle East recognize that we do not tolerate such actions).

That said, why are you so suddenly outraged when this event is over a half year old and was widely reported and discussed when it happened?

I hadn’t heard about it until a few minutes before I posted. I saw it on googlenews so I erroneously assumed it was current.