South Korea Seeks Death Penalty for Ferry Captain

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean prosecutors on Monday demanded the death penalty for the captain of a ferry that sank earlier this year, killing more than 300 people.

The prosecutors are blaming his negligence and failure to rescue passengers in need for the massive loss of life, a court official and news reports said.

See also: What Went Wrong Aboard the Sunken South Korean Ferry

Prosecutors also requested life sentences for three other key crew members during a trial at the Gwangju District Court in southern South Korea, a court official said on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to speak to the media about the sentence requests. He said prosecutors asked for sentences of up to 30 years for 11 other crew members. Read more...

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