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Ricky Kaminski13
And what a time he is going to have in an American lock up. Welcome to hell.
Vince Black
He's going to get passed around like a Christmas Ham in an American. 7 1/2 years of that.... he deserves every second of it.
This is a good lesson in justice for Japan. Had he been tried in his native country he would've gotten a suspended sentance, at best. American courts know how to serve justice.
Wakarimasen
Not sure I entirely apptrove of the comments that seem to admire the aspect of the US prison system that involves other inmates bullying/abusing/etc people locked up there. Yes, he deserves to be piunished by the State, but why should that include being brutalized by other criminals?
obladi
Totally agree with Wkarimasen. Prison rape is not a good thing. Justice should be handled through the Justice system.
serendipitous1
Dostoyevsky said: "The degree of civilisation in a society is revealed by entering its prisons."
theFu
What, the "I was drunk so it doesn't count" defense didn't work? Call me shocked.
Dango bong
if its just prison rape he will be lucky, then again who cares they are criminals...
macv
Yes! sometimes the US system works. Was the victim Japanese?
lostrune2
Power harassment / office rape don't fly there
No suspended sentence neither
DaDude
I bet the drugging would carry more serious charges than the rape part.
gogogo
Should have been charged in the US and done the time there, should have been much more of a punishment.
theFritzX
If it was japan he'd be off scott free. "I was drunk, very sorry", doesnt work in a country with an actual justice system.
toolonggone
I completely agree. It seems to be a thing to joke about being raped in prison. Not only is this an abhorrent thing to wish on another human, it dehumanizes the person making such comments, as much as it does the prisoners.
Strangerland
It doesn’t work in japan either. Being drunk would never get him out of punishment.
Ricky Kaminski13
I think the comments regarding this justice being served is more of a reflection of how people are fed up with people in power and executives using the 'being drunk as an excuse' to committing rape and getting off scot free than celebrating him potentially getting raped in prison, but thanks for being so concerned for this pathetic excuse of a man.
theFritzX
RickyK, exactly.