1998 Eskridge car crash

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The 1998 Eskridge car crash was a notorious

1995 Okinawan rape incident, the fact the Marines refused to hand over Eskridge, and continued opposition to the American presence in Japan
.

Crash

United States military facilities on Okinawa Island and other outlying islands. Between 50 and 75 percent of the 47,000 US troops based in Japan live on the island of Okinawa in bases that take up one fifth of the island.[1]

At 4:30 AM on October 7, 1998, Yuki Uema, an 18-year-old Okinawan

brain contusion caused by complications from her injuries sustained in the incident, after having spent the week in a coma
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Trial

During Eskridge's trial, the prosecution said that he had committed a "malicious crime due to his low regard for human life," seriously injuring Yuki Uema while driving under the influence of

professional negligence to cause injury.[5] Even though Eskridge admitted his wrongdoing, the prosecutor told the court that the accused deserved a stiff penalty.[6] In 1999, Eskridge was sentenced to 20 months in an Okinawa jail.[4]

Aftermath

The incident brought to light one of many grievances felt by the people of Okinawa towards the US military presence, to which opposition was becoming increasingly popular and vocal since the

license plates, often making it impossible for hit-and-run victims to identify the vehicle that hit them.[7][8]

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Bibliography

Notes
  1. ^ "Okinawa death strains US-Japan relations". BBC News. October 15, 1998. Retrieved 2009-03-14.
  2. Time Magazine. Archived from the original
    on February 12, 2001. Retrieved 2009-03-14.
  3. ^ Johnson 2001, p. 46
  4. ^ a b Johnson 2001, p. 47
  5. ^ "Death Stirs Anti-U.S. Feeling". CBS Worldwide Corp. 1998-10-15. Retrieved 2009-03-14.
  6. ^ "30-month jail term asked for U.S. marine in hit-and-run". Kyodo News International. Feb 1, 1999. Retrieved 2009-03-14.
  7. ^ a b Johnson 2001, p. 45
  8. ^ "The SACO Final Report". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan). December 2, 1996. Retrieved May 7, 2010.
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