SOUTH KOREA. SERIAL KILLER SUPPORTS DEATH PENALTY

serial killer Yoo Young-chul said he objected to a recent move to abolish capital punishment in South Korea. Yoo's claim came amid controversy about the death penalty, which reemerged following the Justice Ministry's consideration to replace capital punishment with a non-commutable life sentence. Yoo was arrested in July 2004 on charges of killing 20 innocent women and senior citizens in Seoul and dismembering and burying 11 corpses since September 2003. He was sentenced to death by the Supreme Court in June 2005. In reply to a questionnaire sent by a local television station, Yoo said he was opposed to replace capital punishment with life imprisonment.
"It is the cruelest punishment to isolate hideous criminals, who cannot be reformed, and make them die old. It is also a waste of state funds," he said, according to the broadcaster.
"I would be unfair to the world for people like me continue living. I object to abolishing the death penalty," Yoo said.