Prosecutor demands jail for 2 in cab robbery

[unhappycamper]

Prosecutor demands jail for 2 in cab robbery
By Chiyomi Sumida, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Saturday, May 17, 2008

NAHA, Okinawa — A Japanese prosecutor Thursday demanded prison sentences for two Marines charged with robbing a cab driver in January in Okinawa City.

In the final argument in Naha District Court, prosecutor Hiroyuki Nakajima sought an eight-year prison term for Cpl. Joseph Wayne Riddle, 20, and five to eight years in prison for Pfc. Reginald Crapps, 19, both assigned to Marine Corps Air Station Futenma.

The defense attorneys asked for leniency, saying both Marines had deprived childhoods in which they were bounced from one foster home to another.

Both Riddle and Crapps expressed remorse. After offering apologies, Riddle asked the three-judge panel to show leniency to Crapps.

"He is considered as a juvenile in this country," Riddle said, adding that the crime was his idea.


Rest of article at: http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=54847

[TooBigaTent]

1. Just watch how these two scumbags slide, simply because they wear a uniform. Disgusting.