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South Korea Faces Death Penalty Questions

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Jun 23, 2012
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Although the death penalty hasn't been practiced in South Korea for 15 years, outrage over one case involving 42-year-old ethnic Korean from China looks like it may be revived.

Surveillance cameras caught footage of Wu Yuanchun shortly before he pounced on his 28-year-old female victim, who was walking home after dark. He can be seen hiding in the shadow…

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