“I will defend Im Seong-geun” 155 attorneys volunteered to the Constitutional Impeachment Delegation

Input 2021.02.15 09:33 | Revision 2021.02.15 09:48



Senior Judge Im Seong-geun. /yunhap news

When the impeachment proceeding against the head judge of the Busan High Court passed through the National Assembly on the 4th, 155 lawyers from all over the country volunteered to represent the chief judge Lim.

On the 15th, 155 attorneys including Kim Hyun, former chairman of the Korean Bar Association, said, “For the first time in the history of the constitution, an incumbent judge was unfairly and politically impeached.” I volunteered.”

The list of delegates includes Shin Young-moo, the 46th president of the Korean Bar Association, Lee Seok-yeon, former head of the Legal Affairs Office, Hwang Jeok-hwa, former high law chief judge, Jeong Jin-kyung, former chief judge, Jeong Jin-gyu, former high prosecutor, Moon Hyo-nam, former high prosecutor, Kang Gyeong-pil, Kang Chan-woo, former prosecutor Shin Byeong-soo, former deputy prosecutor Jo Jung-hwan. Deputy general prosecutors, former chief prosecutor Lee Young-se, and former chief prosecutor Kim Dong-chan were named.

In addition to Judge Lim’s 17th motive for the Judicial Research and Training Institute, other riders also volunteered for the delegation. From the 9th bar exam to the 16th training center, 31 (20%), the 17th training center 27 (17%), the 18th to 30th training center 32 (21%), the 31st to 44th training center 38 (25%) ), 6 military judges (3%), and 21 bar exams (14%).

In addition, 27 young lawyers under 10 years of practice and lawyers in France and Singapore were also present.

Meanwhile, Deputy Judge Lim said in a case in which a reporter from the Sankei Shimbun of Japan was accused of defamation by writing a so-called “Sewol 7 Hour Suspicion” column by former President Park Geun-hye, asking a junior judge to include in the ruling that the column was not true He was charged with intervening in the trial. However, Judge Lim was acquitted in the first trial court last year, and is scheduled to retire this month.

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