There are concerns over whether the crew of the sunken South Korean passenger ferry Sewol can get a fair trial.  The captain and 14 more crewmembers are on trial less than two months after the disaster that left more than 300 people dead or missing, and emotions are still running high.

As 68-year old Captain Lee Joon-seok and the other defendants were led in the courtroom in the southern city of Gwangju, someone in the packed courtroom shouted: “Murderer!”  A relative of one of the dead passengers held up a sign that read, “You are not human. You are beneath animals.”  They fought with security guards who tried to take the sign away.

The captain’s lawyer said Lee had no authority to stop the ferry company’s practice of overloading the vessel with cargo, one of the conditions that led it to capsize during a sharp turn.  Attorney Lee Kwang-jae also said there was no premeditation to cause the ship to tip over, and therefore no grounds for the crew to be charged with homicide.

But prosecutors played some videos from mobile phones recovered from the vessel.  One of the 339 high school students on the ill-fated boat is seen in his last moments..

“I’m not a criminal, I don't know why this is happening,” the teen said.  “I haven’t done anything that bad.”