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1995 Okinawa rape incident
The 1995 Okinawa rape incident took place on September 4, 1995, when three U.S. servicemen - U.S. Navy Seaman Marcus Gill and U.S. Marines Rodrico Harp and Kendrick Ledet, all from Camp Hansen on Okinawa - rented a van and kidnapped a 12-year-old Japanese girl. They beat her, duct-taped her eyes and mouth shut, and bound her hands. Gill and Harp then raped her, while Ledet claimed he only pretended to do so out of fear of Gill.〔(Los Angeles Times: "Okinawa Rape Suspect's Lawyer Gives Dark Account : Japan: Attorney of accused Marine says co-defendant admitted assaulting 12-year-old girl 'just for fun.'" byTERESA WATANABE ) October 28, 1995〕 The incident led to further debate over the continued presence of U.S. forces in Japan.
==Reaction==
After the incident became known, public outrage erupted, especially over the U.S.-Japan Status of Forces Agreement, which gives the U.S. service members a certain measure of extraterritoriality (exemption from jurisdiction of local law) only as it relates to the place the suspects were detained. While the crime was committed away from a U.S. military base, the U.S. initially took the men into custody, on September 6.〔"(Americans Charged In Rape in Okinawa )" New York Times. September 29, 1995〕 Although false rumors spread that the suspects were free to roam the base and had been seen eating hamburgers,〔Watanabe, Teresa. "(U.S., Japan OK Pact on Military Crime Suspects )" ''Los Angeles Times,'' October 26, 1995〕 the suspects were in fact held in a military brig until the Japanese officials charged them with the crime.〔 Despite an immediate request by Japanese law enforcement for custody and eventual trial, the men were only handed over on September 29, after the Japanese had formally indicted them.〔 This delay followed the Status of Forces agreement, which states "The custody of an accused member of the United States armed forces or the civilian component over whom Japan is to exercise jurisdiction shall, if he is in the hands of the United States, remain with the United States until he is charged."〔U.S.-Japan SOFA Agreement, Article xvii (5) (c):〕 Although the military drove the suspects to police headquarters in Naha for daily interrogations,〔Adam B. Norman, The Rape Controversy: Is A Revision of the Status Forces Agreement with Japan Necessary?, 6 Ind. Int'l & Comp. L. Rev. 717, 724 (1996)〕 the SOFA provision and the delay in handing over the suspects increased the outrage over the attack, causing the largest anti-American demonstrations in Okinawa since the treaty was signed in 1960.
As a consequence of the protests regarding jurisdiction, the U.S. made concessions and agreed to consider handing suspects over to the Japanese before an indictment if the severity of the alleged crime indicated it.〔 This agreement was hashed out at an emergency meeting between U.S. President Bill Clinton and Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto. The people of Okinawa also placed a full-page ad in the ''New York Times'' decrying the rape and other aspects of the U.S. bases in Okinawa. In 1996, the United States and Japan signed a bilateral agreement to reduce the amount of land on Okinawa covered by U.S. bases by 21 percent—the U.S. military had previously occupied 19 percent of the island.
U.S. Navy Admiral Richard C. Macke was the commander of United States Pacific Command at the time of the attack. At a press conference in November 1995, Macke said of the men's actions: "I think it was absolutely stupid. I have said several times: for the price they paid to rent the car (in the crime ), they could have had a girl (HREF="http://www.kotoba.ne.jp/word/11/Prostitution in Japan" TITLE="Prostitution in Japan">prostitute )." These remarks were condemned as insensitive, and Macke was removed from his post and forced into early retirement. He was also reduced in rank to rear admiral (two-star) from full admiral (four-star), which reduced his pension from US$ 7,384/month to US$ 5,903/month.
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