20-Year Jail Term for Criminal of ‘Itaewon Murder’

SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) - A U.S. citizen accused of murdering a South Korean college student in 1997 received a 20-year jail term Friday, the severest penalty possible for the defendant who was then an adolescent. The Seoul Central District Court found Arthur Patterson guilty of stabbing Cho Joong-pil, who was then a college student, [...]