Prosecutors seek death sentence in appeals trial for Sewol captain
Social affairsApr 7, 2015
Prosecutors demanded capital punishment for the captain of the Sewol ferry, which sank in South Korean waters leaving more than 300 people killed or missing a year ago, during an appeals trial on Tuesday.The captain, Lee Jun-seok, and 14 other crew members of the ferry were accused of abandoning the ferry and the 476 people on board in the early hours of the ship sinking off South Korea's southwest coast on April 16.Prosecutors had sought a death penalty for the captain and life imprisonment for