Input 2021.01.15 15:39 | Revision 2021.01.15 15:55
According to law enforcement officials on the 15th, after returning to work in early December of last year, General Yoon received a report from the Seoul Southern District Prosecutor’s Office on the’Jung Ini case’. Yoon said that at the time, he gave an order with the intent to closely examine the application of the murder charges, saying that it is necessary to review why such a case was not applied for murder.
It is reported that Yun also pointed out that even if there is controversy in the case law, such cases should be prosecuted for murder and be judged in court. If the prosecution goes without prosecution, the court will not even have an opportunity to judge.
The police sent the charges against the mother-in-law of Jung In-yang, who died in October of last year, to the prosecution as a prosecution opinion on the charges of child abuse and fatality under the Special Cases Act on the punishment of child abuse crimes, and the charges of physical abuse and neglect under the Child Welfare Act. On December 9, last year, the prosecution also prosecuted Jang on charges of child abuse and fatality, and her husband, Ahn, on charges of neglect and aiding child abuse.
However, in the first trial held on the 13th, the prosecution filed an application for a change in the charges of murder as a preliminary indictment and child abuse and lethality as a preliminary indictment. The purpose is to apply the charges of murder to Mr. Jang, not the charges of child abuse and lethality. The court also accepted the request on the same day, and Jang was put on trial for murder.
In the past’Ulsan stepmother’ case similar to the case of Jung In-i, the court of appeals court admitted the murder charge, saying, “The hands and feet of an adult are like weapons.”
There is no significant difference in the statutory sentence considering the fact that the statutory sentence for murder and child abuse and lethality is’death punishment, imprisonment for arms or five years or more’, and execution is practically not enforced, respectively. However, the Supreme Court’s sentencing committee sets the basic sentence for murder for 10 to 16 years and for child abuse and fatality for 4 to 7 years, so if punished for murder, it is highly likely to result in a severe sentence.