In 2012, Nicola Furlong was sexually assaulted & murdered by Rich Hinds in Japan. He is now a successful musician touring the US & Teaching Japanese.

[Starburst]

he served his time and paid the price given to him.

what are y'all asking for?

Would this be your response if he was dating your daughter or sister, or did this to your daughter or sister?

The fact that he showed no remorse doesn't frighten you?

 

[O.T.I.S.]

No amount of “rehabbing” can make up for this type of shyt



Has nothing to do about race to me. Tag-teaming a rape/murder is something that needs to stick on you and that people should be aware of.

 

[Mastamimd]

Murder of Junko Furuta - Wikipedia

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The sentencing doesn't shock me because the Junko case they all got slaps on the wrist

 

[2 Up 2 Down]

I saw a case from Japan where some teens kidnapped, tortured, raped, and eventually killed a teenage girl back in the late 80s 90s and the ones involved basically got a slap on the wrist.
When I was reading about the details it seriously fukked me up for a couple of days.
I'm willing to bet the low birth rate in Japan is tied to how women feel they are treated as lesser in society

 

[Swirv]

I agree. At the very least he should've been required to disclose his crime to the US authorities.

They were aware when he was deported back, I assume. I wonder how his family interacts with him?

 

[2 Up 2 Down]

A bit of cultural nuance is lacking in this thread.

He was a child at the time of the incident, so as a child he was given leeway in sentencing. Had he been one year older, then the sentence would have been much harsher.


The age of majority is 20 in japan. Its a huge thing in their society, with its own name "hatachi" and a festival for new adults symbolizing full maturity. Even moreso than the age of adulthood is here. So at 19 in jp, he was treated the same way a 17 or 16 year old would he treated in an American system.

Furthermore, Their system (and many progressive systems around the world) isnt about throwing people under jails , but fixing them. They didn't treat him differently due to his Americanness . But in the Japanese context , he would have had rehabilitation and job placement after his term. They got an insanely low reoffending rate because they actually fix people in japan. Even moreso when someone is a child (by their definition)

You can't rehabilitate rapists. That is something that is in you or not

 

[Swirv]

I saw a case from Japan where some teens kidnapped, tortured, raped, and eventually killed a teenage girl back in the late 80s 90s and the ones involved basically got a slap on the wrist.
When I was reading about the details it seriously fukked me up for a couple of days.
I'm willing to bet the low birth rate in Japan is tied to how women feel they are treated as lesser in society

If anything their status should be elevated since they are the only ones that can bear children. Any violent or sexual crime against a little girl or woman should be dealt with harshly.

 

[Starburst]

They were aware when he was deported back, I assume. I wonder how his family interacts with him?

I have not seen it myself, but in the comments on Reddit, his parents and church were celebrating his homecoming and victim blaming.

 

[CopiousX]

He wasn’t a “child” and even if he was below 16 or 14 you knew what you’re doing with that level of sadism

Laws are local. The jury of peers are japanese. They judged him under their judicial system and under their cultural context.

No different the Philippines sending you to the firing squad for a gram of weed but ignoring prostitution. Or Florida giving you life for an abortion but giving you a slap on the wrist when your python eats someone .

If this was my daughter, I don’t know if I could find peace with this answer.

I agree. I was raised here with a similar value and culture system . But i suppose this is a risk of passport life? Something parents should think carefully about before sending their kids abroad.


This is the cultural nuance i was mentioning earlier. In America we are taught culturally that retribution is justice, irrespective of the perpetrator. But in JP and other progressive countries, they are viewing his future as a minor and his rehabilitation as the goal for justice. And once again "hatachi" is a huge deal over there so this is the norm for younger offenders.

 

[WIA20XX]

So this should slide under the radar for what reason? Because he is black?

Some random black man murdered some random white woman in Japan in 2012 when he was 19.

• He's not some hot artist right now.
• She wasn't some important chick.
• It happened a long time ago.
• And his "light" punishment is because the Japanese have a different view of things than Americans do.

It's basically White Male Rage Bait on a site that's for Black Men.

There's prolly a Black Man getting a light sentence in America today for the exact same crime...and it's not news, and it certainly wouldn't get posted here.

If you're on some just say that.

 

[Justin Nitsuj]

Y’all gotta stop trying to sympathize with white people regardless of where they are from. If the shoe was on the other foot, they would have made sure this story never get out.

In fact, there are too many stories with cacs getting off easily for killing black people and y’all wanna sympathize with the devil?

 

[Cryptocurrency Scarface]

Some random black man murdered some random white woman in Japan in 2012 when he was 19.

• He's not some hot artist right now.
• She wasn't some important chick.
• It happened a long time ago.
• And his "light" punishment is because the Japanese have a different view of things than Americans do.

It's basically White Male Rage Bait on a site that's for Black Men.

There's prolly a Black Man getting a light sentence in America today for the exact same crime...and it's not news, and it certainly wouldn't get posted here.

If you're on some just say that.

What’s to stop him murdering a black woman or man?

 

[Starburst]

Some random black man murdered some random white woman in Japan in 2012 when he was 19.

• He's not some hot artist right now.
• She wasn't some important chick.
• It happened a long time ago.
• And his "light" punishment is because the Japanese have a different view of things than Americans do.

It's basically White Male Rage Bait on a site that's for Black Men.

There's prolly a Black Man getting a light sentence in America today for the exact same crime...and it's not news, and it certainly wouldn't get posted here.

If you're on some just say that.

Crazy that you actually have the balls to make this post, but then again, nothing surprises me anymore. I hope this never happens to any unimportant chick in your life like your sister daughter or any other female relative.

 

[Cryptocurrency Scarface]

Y’all gotta stop trying to sympathize with white people regardless of where they are from. If the shoe was on the other foot, they would have made sure this story never get out.

In fact, there are too many stories with cacs getting off easily for killing black people and y’all wanna sympathize with the devil?

It’s not that she’s white it’s that she was murdered sadistically and the killer is just living his life normally I have the same energy for all premeditated killers of innocent people

 

[WIA20XX]

What’s to stop him murdering a black woman or man?

Nothing, just like any other American that's committed a crime, served their time and came bcak to the US.

If you're looking for something to boil your blood for no apparent reason, read up on the Yumiko-Chan incident.

Yumiko-chan incident - Wikipedia

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