Marine found not guilty of rape By Travis J. Tritten, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Saturday, May 10, 2008
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan — An Iwakuni lance corporal was found not guilty Thursday of kidnapping and raping a Japanese woman in October.
Lance Cpl. Larry Dean was, however, found guilty during his court-martial of sexual misconduct
for having sex with the woman without getting her consent.Dean pleaded guilty Tuesday to a list of lesser charges including having sex in the view of others, fraternizing with superiors, breaking liberty rules and drinking while underage. He was to be sentenced Friday.
Three other Iwakuni Marines — Gunnery Sgt. Carl M. Anderson, Gunnery Sgt. Jarvis D. Raynor and Sgt. Lanaeus J. Braswell — also face courts-martial for allegedly kidnapping the 19-year-old from outside a city club and gang raping her in a deserted parking lot Oct. 14.
The woman sat in the back of the courtroom Thursday and sobbed as the verdict was read by the judge, Maj. Charles Hale.
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