Suicide sparks execution debate
Tuesday, 24 November 2009
The suicide of a serial killer on death row, upon which the South Korean justice ministry was accused of lax supervision of prisoners, has also brought back the debate on capital punishment.
Forty-year-old Jeong Nam-gyu, one of the most notorious murderers sent to death row, was found at 6:35am Saturday (November 21). He had hanged himself using a rope made of a plastic trash bag in his solitary cell, according to officials.
Jeong was sentenced to death in 2007 for killing 13 and injuring seven from 2004-2006.
Source: ASIA NEWS NETWORK
