Onoprienko receives death sentence

Eastern Economist

ZHYTOMYR - The Zhytomyr Regional Court on April 1 passed sentence on Anatolii Onoprienko, who murdered 52 people, handing down the expected death sentence. Mr. Onoprienko, a 39-year-old former sailor, will remain in solitary confinement at a Zhytomyr prison while President Leonid Kuchma considers his appeal. It is unlikely that Mr. Onoprienko will face execution in the foreseeable future due to Ukraine's current moratorium on capital punishment.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, April 11, 1999, No. 15, Vol. LXVII

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