Sewol ferry captain Lee Joon-seok (man in green, with glasses) sits with crew members at the start of the verdict proceedings in a court room in Gwangju, South Korea, November 11, 2014. A South Korean district court handed a 36-year prison sentence Tuesday to the captain of Sewol ferry that sank in April leaving 295 people dead and 9 missing, after convicting him of gross negligence leading to death. The court found the chief engineer of the vessel guilty of murder and gave him a 30-year jail term. He was accused of leaving the vessel without helping injured colleagues.Prison terms ranging from five to 20 years were given to 13 other crew members. The captain and his crew have been accused of abandoning the vessel while hundreds remained aboard. (Xinhua/NEWSIS)