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No worse than a lot of nations in europe that operate under the Napoleanic Code (Guilty until PROVEN Innocent). The agreement with Germany, IIRC, is the trial is held in the German criminal system, and then the perp, if found guilty is sentenced under German Law. The US military than has the option of asking that the sentence be served in the US brig or a Federal Prison. This is done most of the time. 99% of the time, the Germans agree to have the sentenced served under US custody for the amount of time sentenced by the German court.

The real bone of contention is several rape charges in the last few years in which the Courts Martial in Okinawa or South Korea has handed down minimal sentences, while the "trial" is being conducted in English, on base, with a minimum of local witnesses and visitors.