Launch of the 8th Supreme Court Sentencing Commission... Chairman Kim Young-ran Reappointed

Kim Young-ran, the Chairperson of the Sentencing Commission, is reviewing documents at the plenary meeting held at the Supreme Court in Seocho-gu, Seoul on the 20th. The Supreme Court Sentencing Commission is discussing sentencing guidelines for crimes involving obscene materials using children and adolescents. Photo by Moon Ho-nam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Baek Kyunghwan] Kim Young-ran, Chair Professor at Ajou University, has been reappointed as the Chairperson of the Supreme Court Sentencing Commission. The 8th Sentencing Commission will be launched next month.

On the 8th, the Sentencing Commission announced that, following the expiration of the 7th commission members' terms, it would select and appoint the chairperson and members of the 8th commission and present their appointment and commission letters.

The Sentencing Commission consists of a total of 12 members: the chairperson, 4 judicial members, 2 prosecutor members, 2 lawyer members, 2 law professor members, and 2 members with academic knowledge and experience. Among the 8th commission members, the judicial members appointed and commissioned are ▲ Kim Kwang-tae, Chief Judge of Seoul High Court ▲ Koo Hoe-geun, Presiding Judge of Seoul High Court ▲ Son Cheol-woo, Judge of Seoul High Court (Standing Member) ▲ Kwon Hee, Chief Judge of Ansan Branch of Suwon Family Court, Suwon District Court.

The prosecutor members include ▲ Cho Sang-chul, Chief Prosecutor of Seoul High Prosecutors' Office ▲ Ko Kyung-soon, Head of the Trial and Litigation Department at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office; the lawyer members include ▲ Kim Kwan-gi, Vice President of the Korean Bar Association ▲ Han Young-hwan, lawyer; and the law professor members include ▲ Kim Hye-jung, Professor at Yeungnam University Law School ▲ Kang Soo-jin, Professor at Korea University Law School.

Meanwhile, the 8th Sentencing Commission plans to progressively build upon the achievements of the 7th commission, which established fair and objective sentencing standards for crimes of great public interest and demand for sentencing guidelines, such as digital sex crimes.

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