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Word: 5c (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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When Japanese police arrived to take custody of the three, however, the U.S. military police denied the request, invoking Article 17, Paragraph 5C of the 1960 Status of Forces Agreement, which covers the rights and obligations of U.S. forces in Japan. The U.S. is obliged to hand over criminal suspects only after they have been indicted. In some countries, like South Korea, the U.S. does not surrender accused service members until they are convicted and have exhausted all appeals. In the Okinawa case, the U.S. compromised by permitting the police to take the suspects each day for questioning, but insisted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RAPE OF AN INNOCENT, DISHONOR IN THE RANKS | 10/2/1995 | See Source »

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