VOA News
Washington, DC 26 July 2010
Court considered mitigating circumstances, such as an expression of remorse, cooperation with the court and time servedA U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Cambodia has found a former Khmer Rouge leader guilty of numerous crimes against humanity, and ordered him to spend 19 years in prison.
Prosecutors had asked for a 40-year sentence for former prison commander Kaing Guek Eav, better known as "Duch." But the court handed down a sentence of 35 years and then reduced it to 19, considering mitigating circumstances, such as an expression of remorse, cooperation with the court and time served.
He was found guilty for his role in the deaths of at least 14,000 people as the Khmer Rouge's chief torturer three decades ago.
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