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South Korean ferry captain sentenced to 36 years in prison
Posted on 11/11/14 at 12:13 am
Posted on 11/11/14 at 12:13 am
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At least they have a week to appeal.
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A South Korean court on Tuesday handed a 36-year prison sentence to the captain of a sunken ferry, saying he was professionally negligent and abandoned his passengers during the disaster in April that killed more than 300 people.
The chief engineer got 30 years, and 13 other crew members were sentenced to up to 20 years in prison, Yonhap news agency and other South Korean media reported, citing the Gwangju District Court in southern South Korea.
Capt. Lee Joon-seok and three other key crew members were earlier indicted by prosecutors on homicide and other charges. Eleven others faced less serious charges.
Lee has apologized for abandoning the passengers, but said he didn't know his action would lead to so many deaths.
The widely vilified Lee could have received a death sentence for the homicide charges. South Korea hasn't executed anyone since late 1997, though its courts occasionally issue the punishment.
Prosecutors and the crew members have one week to appeal, according to the court.
At least they have a week to appeal.
This post was edited on 11/11/14 at 12:15 am
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Posted on 11/11/14 at 12:14 am to tigerpimpbot
They don't mess around with white collar crime. We could learn a thing or two.
Posted on 11/11/14 at 12:18 am to tigerpimpbot
quote:what was his top limit?
Lee has apologized for abandoning the passengers, but said he didn't know his action would lead to so many deaths
Posted on 11/11/14 at 12:18 am to tigerpimpbot
The captain told his passengers to stay in their rooms while he went to a lifeboat with his crew. Then he left. The man literally sent these people to a watery grave 
Koreans were/are pissed at him still.
Koreans were/are pissed at him still.
Posted on 11/11/14 at 12:20 am to forksup
Wow. Hang the fricker.
Posted on 11/11/14 at 12:22 am to forksup
He's lucky he wasn't sentenced to death.
Posted on 11/11/14 at 12:41 am to Jim Rockford
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They don't mess around with white collar crime. We could learn a thing or two.
Lol white collar crime?
Posted on 11/11/14 at 12:55 am to forksup
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. A total of 476 people were aboard the ship and only 172 were rescued. Most of the dead were teenage students traveling to a resort island on a school trip.
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Many student survivors have said they were repeatedly ordered over a loudspeaker to stay on the sinking ship and that they didn't remember any evacuation order being given before they helped each other flee the vessel.
Yeah... That's pretty fricked up.
Posted on 11/11/14 at 1:31 am to yurintroubl
Whoa.. That captain should fry for that foul shite..
Posted on 11/11/14 at 2:25 am to tigerpimpbot
well. shite.
Posted on 11/11/14 at 9:11 am to iliveinabox
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Whoa.. That captain should fry for that foul shite..
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Video footage of the crew abandoning the vessel after instructing the passengers, mostly teenagers, to remain in their cabins had caused outrage and calls for harsh punishment.
"Our hope was miserably destroyed" Park Jong-dae, father of one of the children who died, said in the statement read outside the courthouse, urging the prosecutors to appeal and seek punishment that it said fitted the crew's crime.
A prosecutor involved in the case said his team would appeal against the decision on all 15 crew members, calling the rulings "disappointing," particularly the not guilty verdict against three senior officers including the captain on homicide charges.
I wonder what the chances are for a successful appeal by the prosecutor.
Posted on 11/11/14 at 9:14 am to tigerpimpbot
Was it in the middle of winter? Or could these people been able to float and be rescued?
That sounds really fricked up that the crew did that.
That sounds really fricked up that the crew did that.
Posted on 11/11/14 at 9:25 am to Jim Rockford
Rum and sodomy. Mostly sodomy.
Posted on 11/11/14 at 9:25 am to KosmoCramer
It was mid April.
Forgot about this:
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Forgot about this:
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Executives of the ferry operator and shipping regulators are on trial on various charges of negligence.
The man considered the head of the business empire that owned the ferry company was found dead in June, amid the country's largest manhunt to capture him to try to hold him accountable for mismanagement that many feel led to the ferry disaster.
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Posted on 11/11/14 at 9:31 am to tigerpimpbot
Captain is 69 years old and he had an option of retiring several years ago but chose to work more instead. Now he can retire in prison at age 108.
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