U.S. Air Force civilian employee's trial

U.S. Air Force civilian employee's trial

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 23, 2012, shows a courtroom of the Naha District Court in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, immediately before the start of the first hearing of the trial of Rufus James Ramsey III, a 24-year-old civilian employee of the U.S. Air Force in the prefecture, over a fatal vehicle collision in January 2011. At the hearing, Ramsey admitted to a charge of negligent driving resulting in death. He has been indicted in the first application of newly agreed arrangements between Japan and the United States on personnel at U.S. bases.

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