Three presidents face jail

Former South Korean president Park Geun-hye was sentenced to 24 years in prison last week, former South African president Jacob Zuma is facing corruption charges, and former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva began serving a 12-year jail term for corruption.
Then South Korean president Park Geun-hye, pictured with Pope Francis and cardinal Pietro Parolin onAug. 21, 2014, was sentenced last week to 24 years in prison and fined $17-million.

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