Ex-Khmer Rouge: Death was certain in his prison

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Incarceration at the Khmer Rouge's most notorious prison was tantamount to a death sentence since not even the movement's supreme leader had the right to release prisoners, the center's chief told a special tribunal Thursday.Kaing Guek Eav, alias Duch (pictured), commanded the Phnom Penh prison, where as many as 16,000 men, women and children are believed to have been