SEOUL: The imminent release of a man convicted for the rape of a child in South Korea has re-ignited a debate over what to do with criminals who escape harsher punishment by using intoxication as an excuse and the lenient sentences given for sex crimes against minors.
Cho Doo-soon, who was 57 when he was convicted in 2009 of raping an eight-year-old girl so violently that she was left with permanent internal injuries, is set to be released from prison today to live in his old home in Ansan near Seoul.
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