Sc Orders Smith Placed Under Rp Custody

[Mik]

A 40 year sentence is a bit much for buying sex from a prostitute. I mean it's not like he was caught cultivating a marijuana plant.

[BobNChe]

Lee, the woman who wrote that cometary you referenced if just plainly an anti-American bigot. There are many complicated issues in this mess, but she says this in the end.

An American soldier raped a Japanese and was held by the Japanese police. It is the Japanese authorities that have custody of this rapist. If Japan can do this, why not the Philippine government? Why is there a different US interpretation for the same crime in Japan, and in the Philippines?

I submit that the difference is although Japan/Okinawa exhibits some anti-American sentiment, they are still predominantly a country with honor and honesty. They will treat the situation justly I think. Here, there is no way that will happen. This place is ludicrous when it come to justice, much less for a foreigner.I don't know if the dude is guilty or not, but he deserves a fair trial/appeal and a sentence that fits the crime if found guilty. The US embassy knows he is being railroaded and is rightfully protecting it's citizen.http://www.cebu-philippines.net/daniel-smith-rape-trial.htmlI think this person has it summed up pretty well.http://www.cebu-philippines.net/daniel-smith-rape-trial.html

Thanks Alan, that pretty much says it like I saw it from following what happened in all the stories both in the US and in the Philippines.

LOLOLOLOL I was visiting Alan and Daisy and forgot that the PC was logged in under hid name so this is my opinion not his. Right before I left, Alan was preparing a sign reading "Fry the Bastard" and was heading out to the Provincial Capitol. Sorry folks. Edited February 15, 2009 by BobNChe

[tom_shor]

Lee, the woman who wrote that cometary you referenced if just plainly an anti-American bigot. There are many complicated issues in this mess, but she says this in the end.

An American soldier raped a Japanese and was held by the Japanese police. It is the Japanese authorities that have custody of this rapist. If Japan can do this, why not the Philippine government? Why is there a different US interpretation for the same crime in Japan, and in the Philippines?

I submit that the difference is although Japan/Okinawa exhibits some anti-American sentiment, they are still predominantly a country with honor and honesty. They will treat the situation justly I think. Here, there is no way that will happen. This place is ludicrous when it come to justice, much less for a foreigner.I don't know if the dude is guilty or not, but he deserves a fair trial/appeal and a sentence that fits the crime if found guilty. The US embassy knows he is being railroaded and is rightfully protecting it's citizen.http://www.cebu-philippines.net/daniel-smith-rape-trial.htmlI think this person has it summed up pretty well.http://www.cebu-philippines.net/daniel-smith-rape-trial.html

Thanks Alan, that pretty much says it like I saw it from following what happened in all the stories both in the US and in the Philippines.

LOLOLOLOL I was visiting Alan and Daisy and forgot that the PC was logged in under hid name so this is my opinion not his. Right before I left, Alan was preparing a sign reading "Fry the Bastard" and was heading out to the Provincial Capitol. Sorry folks.

Ah Ha! I should have recognized you even with the alias. The links there present some info I hadn't seen before and makes it look even less like an actual rape and more like he just pissed her off and embarassed her.