Laura Ling and Euna Le, reporters for Al Gore's Current TV, were convicted today of a "grave crime" against North Korea, and will face a sentence of 12 years in a labor camp.
The women were reporting on a story about human trafficking. Officials in Pyongyang arrested the reporters after they crossed the China-North Korea border.
The sentence in the two-day trial came down from the top Central Court in Pyongyang--it cannot be appeal in North Korean court. The U.S. on Friday demanded that the reporters be released.
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