Northwest Indiana man jailed in Japan despite overturned sexual assault conviction breaks silence

Crown Point native Chris Payne was arrested for the 2018 sexual assault of a woman, which he has adamantly claimed from the ...

‘I Am Japan’s Best-Kept Dirty Secret,’ Says American Jailed Nearly 5 Years After Conviction Was Overturned

Christopher Payne, an Indiana man convicted of a 2018 sexual assault in Japan, remains jailed after his conviction was ...
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Japanese appeals court upholds Marine’s conviction for attempted sexual assault

NAHA, Okinawa — A Japanese court on Thursday upheld a U.S. Marine’s conviction for strangling and attempting to sexually assault a woman at her Okinawa home in May 2024. Lance Cpl. Jamel Clayton, 23, ...
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Marine will not appeal attempted sexual assault conviction to Japan’s Supreme Court

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — A U.S. Marine convicted of strangling and attempting to sexually assault a woman at her Okinawa home in May 2024 will forgo a final appeal and serve the remainder of his ...

NW Indiana man jailed in Japan despite overturned sexual assault conviction breaks silence

Chris Payne, in his own handwriting, sent a letter to CBS News Chicago from his prison cell in Chiba, east of Tokyo. He was ...