Court dismisses appeals from Choi Jong Hoon and the prosecution, upholds previous sentence

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Court Dismisses Appeals From Choi Jong Hoon And The Prosecution + Upholds Previous Sentencehttps://t.co/h9SXlo1z22 pic.twitter.com/DQgYcJBWc3

— Soompi (@soompi) July 23, 2020

On July 23, the Seoul Central District Court made their final decision in Choi Jong Hoon’s appeal trial.

Back in April, both Choi Jong Hoon and the prosecution filed an appeal after the court sentenced him to one year in prison, suspended for two years of probation, and 80 hours in a sexual violence rehabilitation program. In the original trial, Choi Jong Hoon admitted to all charges of illegal filming and distribution, but claimed that he had no intention of offering bribes. During his first appeal hearing in June, Choi Jong Hoon read out a letter of apology.

In the July 23 trial, the court stated, “The defendant appealed the original sentence because it was too heavy, while the prosecution appealed because it was too light. The appeal trial has seen no new evidence for the assessment of the case, nor have the conditions changed. If we look at the elements of the case, it is hard to determine whether the punishment was severe or light.”

In the end, the court dismissed both appeals and upheld the original sentence: one year in prison suspended for two years of probation, as well as 80 hours in a sexual violence rehabilitation program.

Choi Jong Hoon was charged with filming his sexual partners without consent and distributing the material in various chat rooms. He was also charged with expressing an intent to bribe after he told a police officer that he would give them 2 million won (about $1,700) when he was booked for drunk driving in 2016.

This is a separate case from Choi Jong Hoon and Jung Joon Young’s ongoing appeal over their sentences for charges of aggravated rape.

Source: Naver via Soompi, @soompi

Please avoid clicking the tweet because the replies I saw on there are making my head spin.

Comments

[timetobegin.livejournal.com]

If we look at the elements of the case, it is hard to determine whether the punishment was severe or light.

I know we live in a world that hates women so why is this still so fucking wild to me

[chikage-chan.livejournal.com]

Mte... When I read that all I could think was "I expect nothing and these fuckers still manage to make me disappointed and mad, huh"

[aeries-amethyst.livejournal.com]

What do you mean it's hard to determine whether or not the punishment was too severe or light?! It was clearly too light. Good grief, I will never understand how sexual and violent crimes can get such light punishments but drugs and gambling have more severe punishments. Clearly there is a major issue of priorities in the justice system here. If you let these criminals off with just a slap on the wrist, they're going to go out and commit the same crimes again because these crimes are hardly taken seriously enough as is. This is so infuriating.

[dio-elaclaire.livejournal.com]

he deserves to rot in jail :/

[lydzi.livejournal.com]

Two years ffs...

[sglitzys.livejournal.com]

Only 1 year prison sentence and he couldn't accept it. His crimes should be more jail time.

[xoxkenzxox.livejournal.com]

He's worried similar crimes will happen to him in jail. punk.


silly to think this punishment is too severe. How can that even be questioned? ridiculous.

[benihime99.livejournal.com]

Put him in jail and take his money