In the photo, 21-year-old American Otto Warmbier begs the judge for mercy in tears.
In 2016, he was accused of stealing a propaganda poster at a North Korean hotel and then sentenced to 15 years in prison. A year later, the comatose tourist was returned to the U.S. with permanent brain damage. Otto died six days after his return to his homeland.
DPRK authorities later billed the United States for Warmbier's treatment - $2 million. In response, a court in Washington found the DPRK guilty of torture, hostage-taking and extrajudicial execution of an American and ordered Pyongyang to pay more than $500 million in compensation.
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