“Siwonhage Sahyeong Naeryeodalra”deon 60dae, Jinja Sahyeong Seongoe ‘Hangso’

A man in his 60s who laughed and clapped his hands when the requested death sentence was handed down appealed the verdict.

According to the legal community on the 30th, Mr. A, who was sentenced to death at the first trial held on the 24th under the jurisdiction of the Criminal Division 4 of Changwon District Court, submitted an appeal on the same day.

It is known that Mr. A's appeal letter simply stated "I appeal" without any special reason.

Changwon District Court, Gyeongnam.
Photo by Se-ryeong Lee

Mr. A was indicted on charges of stabbing his cohabiting partner Ms. B, in her 40s, to death with a weapon in a residential area of Changwon, Gyeongnam, in February after an argument because he felt disrespected by her.

He committed this crime just 1 year and 2 months after completing a 12-year sentence for murder and other charges in January last year.

Since first entering prison as a juvenile offender in 1970, he has been sentenced 15 times to imprisonment and 8 times to fines, spending a total of 29 years and 8 months in prison.

Starting with attempted murder in 2004, he committed two murders and three attempted murders up to this year.

The motive for all the murders and attempted murders was feeling disrespected.

At the first trial sentencing, Mr. A said, "Please let the prosecutor save face this once. Just carry out the death penalty decisively one time," and added, "The presiding judge must have a career equivalent to a chief judge by now. I believe it’s natural since you probably haven’t carried out a death sentence yet."

When the court sentenced him to death, he burst out laughing, stood up, clapped his hands above his head, and said to the prosecutor, "Hey prosecutor, isn’t this satisfying?"

On that day, the court pointed out, "There is no sign of remorse or guilt toward the victims from Mr. A, and the risk of reoffending is very high."

“If a life sentence is imposed, the possibility of parole remains open, and the risk of producing more victims cannot be ignored,” the court explained the reason for the sentence, “There is a greater need than anyone else for him to be permanently isolated from society so that even the possibility of parole is eliminated.”

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