North Korea Sentences US tourist to 15 Years in Prison

 

Summary: North Korea's highest court sentenced an American tourist to 15 years in prison with hard labor for subversion on Wednesday, weeks after authorities presented him to media and he tearfully confessed that he had tried to steal a propaganda banner.

Otto Warmbier, 21, a University of Virginia undergraduate, was convicted and sentenced in a one-hour trial in North Korea's Supreme Court.
The U.S. government condemned the sentence and accused North Korea of using such American detainees as political pawns.