If he was in the military I presume military police has some jurisdiction.
I would also presume there's some mutual law where if a foreign military member is on another countries soil (if you're in the military you can't just go on holiday to a foreign country without extra paperwork) that allows counties to retain their military courts jurisdiction even on foreign soil.
That doesn't mean he gets off - just that the trial would be under US MP law. To be honest, the consequences of which would be higher for him than under UK law.
jfengel 2 days ago [-]
They already held the court martial. He got six months in prison. Way less than he'd have gotten under UK law.
rbanffy 2 days ago [-]
I believe they forgot to mention she, AFAIK, has a doctorate.
benj111 2 days ago [-]
Is that relevant?
rbanffy 2 days ago [-]
I think it makes it painting her as someone trying to take advantage of the rapist even more ridiculous.
benj111 1 days ago [-]
How so?
Isn't dishonesty positively correlated with intelligence?
And having a doctorate could imply a low paid job as much as a higher one.
There's nothing about having a doctorate that makes you more morally upstanding.
For the record. I don't think she was trying to take advantage. But I don't think having a doctorate is relevant to the assessment.
They were treated differently from those not of the church.
This case just happens to remind me.
But then there's a major issue of the judiciary and police not really doing their jobs properly, so it doesn't surprise me that this happened.
I would also presume there's some mutual law where if a foreign military member is on another countries soil (if you're in the military you can't just go on holiday to a foreign country without extra paperwork) that allows counties to retain their military courts jurisdiction even on foreign soil.
That doesn't mean he gets off - just that the trial would be under US MP law. To be honest, the consequences of which would be higher for him than under UK law.
Isn't dishonesty positively correlated with intelligence?
And having a doctorate could imply a low paid job as much as a higher one.
There's nothing about having a doctorate that makes you more morally upstanding.
For the record. I don't think she was trying to take advantage. But I don't think having a doctorate is relevant to the assessment.