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    American Otto Warmbier Has Been Released From A North Korean Prison

    His family says that Warmbier, 22, has been in a coma since last spring. In March 2016, a North Korean court sentenced him to 15 years in prison and hard labor.
    by Bill Chappell Jun 13, 2017 2 minutes
    American student Otto Warmbier, seen here arriving for his trial in Pyongyang last March, has been freed, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says. / Xinhua News Agency / Getty Images

    Updated at 1 p.m. ET

    North Korea has released American college student Otto Warmbier, who is on his way back to the U.S. and won't be forced to serve a 15-year prison term, according to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Warmbier is in a coma, his father

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