Quote Originally Posted by Dododecapod
Not quite accurate. The man was a rapist, not a murderer. Australia had first dibs on him, due to the crime occuring on Australian soil, but chose to surrender him to the US military. The reason? Australia, at the time imposed the death penalty only for murder, while the US military had (and still does have, I believe) the DP for rape. So, the Australian government allowed the US military to try him by Court Martial, and he was taken off to one of the US islands and hung.

There was a LOT of controversy about it in Australia at the time, but it was primarily aimed at the Attorney General, whom it was felt had erred in handing the serviceman over.
There was and still is a treaty about it, though pres. Clinton suspended it, and if a asome one in the Australia military or several other contries mitatarys that the US has simialar treatys with did something thay would get him or her to prosicute as well. Oh one other thing, under the UCMJ it is the opoiset than in US civilian cort, In militay cort you have to prove you are inasent, not the prociuter prove you gilty