Duch pleaded guilty, but he said he was only following orders and asked for forgiveness.
Yet Duch seems likely to get the trial he and his victims seek.
In the last week of his trial, Duch argued that international law did not apply to him because he was following orders.
Prosecutors have stressed how Duch, a born-again Christian, actively participated in the torture and killing of some of the 15, 000 prisoners at the S-21 facility.
CNN: Attorneys seek to ease Khmer Rouge prison chief detention
If his defense attorneys are successful, Duch would remain under house arrest within the complex outside the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, but would have additional freedoms.
CNN: Attorneys seek to ease Khmer Rouge prison chief detention
The country is preparing to try other senior Khmer Rouge leaders, including its former military chief, Ta Mok, and its main executioner, Kang Kek Ieu, known as Duch.
Henrik Jansdorf took over the struggling unit in January 1999 and is trying to boost its returns to the 8-10% level that Mr Duch-Pedersen says would be acceptable.
Duch, the first former Khmer Rouge leader to stand trial, has admitted his role in the regime's genocidal reign and on Tuesday expressed sorrow for his actions before the tribunal.
CNN: Attorneys seek to ease Khmer Rouge prison chief detention
On July 26th in Cambodia, Kaing Guek Eav, alias Duch, will hear his sentence as former commandant of Tuol Sleng, the Khmer Rouge prison which 14, 000 entered and barely a dozen left.
The only former Khmer Rouge leader to have been successfully prosecuted was chief jailer Kaing Guek Eav, known as Duch, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in running the notorious Tuol Sleng prison, where thousands of inmates were killed.
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