Legal Opinion
Warmbier v. Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 24, 2018No. Civil Action No. 18-977 (BAH)PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBeryl A. Howell, Chief Judge
"What the heck did you do to my kid?"1 This is the anguished question voiced by the mother of Otto Warmbier when, after *36detaining the young man for over 17 months, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ("North Korea") returned Otto's comatose body to the United States.2 Before Otto traveled with a tour group on a five-day trip to North Korea, he was a healthy, athletic student of economics and business in his junior year at the University of Virginia, with "big dreams" and both the smarts and people skills to make him his high school class salutatorian, homecoming king, and prom king.…
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