Ferry Captain Sentence Extended to Life by South Korea Court
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The captain of the Sewol ferry that sank leaving 304 people dead was sentenced to life by a South Korean appeals court, increasing his initial prison term from 36 years.
Gwangju High Court said Tuesday in an e-mailed ruling that it overruled a lower court’s acquittal of Lee Joon Seok, 69, on homicide charges, leading to the stiffer sentence. The court rejected the prosecutors’ demand for the death sentence.