PER CURIAM.
Petitioner, a private in the United States Army, while stationed on the island of Okinawa was convicted jointly with two other soldiers by a General Court-Martial of the offense of rape upon an Okinawan woman. He was sentenced to be hanged, which sentence was later commuted by the President to twenty five years imprisonment, and thereafter again reduced to fifteen years.
In his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, petitioner contends that his...
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