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SOUTH KOREA. DEATH PENALTY SOUGHT FOR SEX CRIMES AGAINST KIDS
April 1, 2008: people who commit sexual assaults against children under 13 and kill them will likely face the death penalty or life imprisonment in South Korea.
At a Cabinet meeting, the Ministry of Justice said it would instruct the prosecution to stiffen punishment on sex offenders against children or young students through revisions of the law. "Criminals who commit sexual assaults and murder after kidnapping children should be subject to stiff penalties such as life imprisonment or capital punishment," Prime Minister Han Seung-soo said after presiding over the weekly Cabinet meeting.
The bill will be submitted to the National Assembly during a regular house session in September. (Sources: Korea Times, Chosun, 01/04/2008)
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