[TRIGGER WARNING] Man sentenced to life sentence for brutally murdering two women

[rockerista03.livejournal.com]

Man sentenced to life in prison for brutally murdering two women #Jeonju #ChoiShinJong #SouthKoreahttps://t.co/bPNgHUmUQv

— The Korea Herald (@TheKoreaHerald) November 6, 2020

JEONJU -- A man has been sentenced to a life imprisonment for brutally murdering two women and abandoning their bodies, a local court said Friday.

The Jeonju District Court delivered the life sentence to Choi Shin-jong, 31, convicting him of murder and robbery, as well as rape and abandonment of dead bodies, according to court officials.

The court also issued an order, banning Choi from working at institutions for the underage and the disabled for 10 years. Under the order, Choi's identity and other personal information will also be open to the public for 10 years, while he will be wearing for 30 years an electric device that will allow law enforcement authorities to keep track of his location.

Choi was indicted on charges of theft, murder and rape. He allegedly stole money and a piece of jewelry from one of his wife's female acquaintances who comes from Jeonju, some 240 kilometers south of Seoul, in April. After that, he allegedly raped and murdered the 34-year-old woman and discarded her body near a stream.

The same month, court records showed he again murdered a 29-year-old woman from the port city of Busan whom he met on a mobile chatting application and then discarded her dead body.

During the court ruling Thursday, Choi asserted that he does not remember raping or robbing the women because he was under the influence of drugs at that time.

The court, however, ruled him guilty of all the charges raised against him, citing the validity of "the highly credible" statements about the crimes that Choi initially gave to investigators right after the bodies of the victims were found.

"The act of murder cannot be forgiven for any reasons considering the absolute value of human life, which cannot be traded for anything else," the court said, pointing out the lack of regret displayed by the accused during court hearings.

The case drew keen public and media interest for Choi's prior records as a promising child athlete of Korean wrestling, or "ssireum." (Yonhap)

Source: The Korea Herald, @TheKoreaHerald

Comments

[honeebs.livejournal.com]

If he has life, why would he looking for a job in an institution?
What is all this ....[The court also issued an order, banning Choi from working at institutions for the underage and the disabled for 10 years. Under the order, Choi's identity and other personal information will also be open to the public for 10 years, while he will be wearing for 30 years an electric device that will allow law enforcement authorities to keep track of his location] He will be in prison, right?

[rockerista03.livejournal.com]

mte I didn't get it either. Or are those precautionary measures for when he miraculously gets out on "good behaviour"?

[honeebs.livejournal.com]

It's double talk, all show he will be in long enough to be processed.
"The act of murder cannot be forgiven" - but they are.


Completely disappointed, disrespectful to the women he killed.

[lightframes.livejournal.com]

I didn't understand that part, either.

[modestgoddess79.livejournal.com]

It sounds like he got less than 10 years

[frequency.livejournal.com]

yeah i don't understand this either. last i checked, life in prison literally means the rest of your life in prison. 😶

[goshipgurl.livejournal.com]

In my country, if you get a life sentence you can get out after 15 years. You'll then get a 5 year probation.

[frequency.livejournal.com]

oh yikes 😬

[hillando.livejournal.com]

That confused me too,so I checked a news article in Korean. It seems like "life sentence" is just an unspecified time spent in jail. If the criminal doesn't get out early due to good behavior then it really will be for the rest of his life. The other measures seem to be put in case he gets out early.

[honeebs.livejournal.com]

Thanks for looking. Big Sigh 😕 their track record proves it, he will be out way before 10 yrs. Fingers crossed, he will rot in there. I see a release due to the fact he claims drugs made him do it, if he gets clean he's cured. 😒

[xoxkenzxox.livejournal.com]

I'm confused.

[aeries-amethyst.livejournal.com]

I was pleasantly surprised after reading the title that a man actually got sentenced to life for murder...Only to read the article and now I'm left baffled as to whether or not he's even serving prison time as opposed to working in an institution whilst being monitored. Once again, the justice system is a disappointment.

[kcaomei.livejournal.com]

i was so pleased when i read he got a life sentence but now i see he actually didn't? the last thing this guy deserves is to be able to work or live in comfort with just a stupid tracker on. oh now he'll have to think twice about commiting any crimes because he's wearing a device? boohoo, he deserves to rot in a cell.

[xoxkenzxox.livejournal.com]

send him to Texas. We know what to do with him.