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PeterDragon
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| hellofaniceguy wrote: |
Immune from local prosecution? Way out of line. No one under SOFA is immune and the locals do prosecute. It's case by case and the circumstances......and at times.......which prosecutor and sentence will bring the most punishment.
There are plenty of "immune from local prosecution" sitting in korean prisons!
We have bad apples all over...can't single out one group based on subjective impressions. |
Well, that is one interesting thing about immunity--- your OWN government has to accept your claim of immunity. You can go running to them, request to invoke your immne status, and the request can be denied. Your government can choose to hand you over to the local courts if it wants. I guess a more accurate way of describing the legal status of soldiers is that they are all POTENTIALLY immune to local prosecution. In the case of the traffic accident, the government chose to give the soldiers immunity because they felt they would not receive a fair trial in the Korean courts. They also have a blanket policy of giving immunity to soldiers who get caught teaching private English lessons for cash, interestingly enough. |
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Hater Depot
Joined: 29 Mar 2005
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If they are off duty at the time of the alleged crime then they are liable to local prosecution no matter what. If they were on duty at the time then it is USFK's discretion to turn them over or not, and from what I've heard many Korean prosecutors prefer it that way and even often give up their jurisdiction -- they don't want extra work on their plates if they can shove it off on someone else, and like others have said the UCMJ can often prescribe harsher penalties.
Interestingly Korean soldiers in Afghanistan are completely immune from local prosecution, much like US soldiers used to be in Korea. One of those things that makes you go, hmmm. |
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The Hammer
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Ullungdo 37.5 N, 130.9 E, altitude : 223 m
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| Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 6:42 am Post subject: |
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| I don't know what a sexial assault plan is, but I hope my girl has one laid out for me tonight. |
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The Hammer
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Ullungdo 37.5 N, 130.9 E, altitude : 223 m
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| Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 6:45 am Post subject: |
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| Jizzo T. Clown wrote: |
Maybe if the military had some sort of standards for joining things would be different. Mark my words, in the future convicted criminals will be required to serve in the military rather than going to jail unless the draft is reinstated.
What happened to the times when serving in the armed forces was a privilege, not a way out? Oh yeah, those times ended with the Spartans... |
And the fact that the President has a weapon like this: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=0dd_1187202294 in tow is scary. A weapon like that is used to mow down mobs. The only mops you'll see in America are other Americans. |
Screw the environment... I want one of those SUVs! |
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