'Retaliatory Murder' Lee Seok-jun Sentenced to Life Imprisonment in First Trial, Both Parties Appeal

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[Asia Economy Reporter Jang Sehee] The court sentenced Lee Seok-jun (26), who killed the family of a woman under police protection, to life imprisonment. Both the prosecution and Lee have appealed the decision.

According to the legal community on the 24th, the Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors' Office submitted an appeal to the court that handled the case of Lee Seok-jun, who is charged with retaliatory murder under the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes, the day before. Lee's defense attorney also submitted an appeal to the court that morning.

The first trial court ruled on the 21st that it is necessary to permanently isolate Lee from society but considered that the death penalty is an extremely exceptional punishment that permanently deprives life, thus sentencing him to life imprisonment. The prosecution had previously demanded the death penalty, stating that Lee calmly carried out the crime by killing the victim's mother with a single stab of a weapon.

Lee was tried on charges of loading a stun gun and a weapon into a rental car, posing as a delivery driver to find the victim's house on December 10 last year, killing the victim's mother, and also wielding a weapon against A, the victim's 13-year-old younger brother at the time.

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