. >> stephen evans was outside the court.e outlined the case made by the prosecution for the death penalty. >> reporter: the prosecution was very, very adamant that this was homicide through gross negligence. in fact, murder. it had made the case that the dereliction of duty was so serious that it did amount to homicide, on two counts really. one, he was filmed abandoning the sinking ship he was in charge of. theoretically in charge of. should have been in charge of. while 30 people remained and drowned. and secondly, that he hadn't made sure that that cargo was secure. and so what happened was when the ship turned, some of the cargo moved and it started to list, and then turned over. so the prosecution had made a very, very forceful case. in 90 minutes of judgment, the judges said there was a serious dereliction of judgment on many counts, but that didn't amount to an intention to kill people. when that verdict, the not guilty to murder verdict was given to the court, there were shrieks of anger and anguish. so one person sh

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stephen evans, bbc news, south korea. >> from seoul, we can speak now to the journalist jason struther. i've just heard from one mom in a news conference, saying all my daily life and future has been crushed forever since the 16th of april. i mean, the strength of feeling is extraordinary. i get a sense that this whole case really isn't over yet. >> no, not at all. i mean, i think what happened to the sewol ferry back in april, i think the trial of the captain and his crew is really only one part of the story. >> many south koreans still consider that the government really holds the biggest share of blame for the fail kwur to rescue more passengers that day rescue more passengers that day. there's much speculation about the shady business deals, cronyism and corruption, although illegal modifications had been made to it. so no, this really only satisfies very few people here. >> right. the owner of the ferry, of course, is dead. we've got a situation now where very heavy sentences are handed out. i mean, could it conceivably have been murder? >> well, the judge obviously didn't think s