I'm sorry, Do Yeon.
Say something that makes sense.
Have you been affected by the heat?
Are you in your right mind?
You previously mentioned to me that your father and the chief
were very sensitive whenever you were involved with Hwang Dal Joong.
It's because Hwang Dal Joong is your father.
I can't listen to this anymore.
Get out.
I don't want to.
Listen until the end.
Seo Do Yeon, this is about your dad.
My father's name is Seo. Dae. Suk. I have only one father.
Hwang Dal Joon is your biological dad.
The person, who you believe to be your father, put your biological father in jail for 26 years.
Jang Hye Seong, this joke isn't funny. You've gone too far.
I'm really sorry, Do Yeon. But we need you.
Get out, immediately!
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Hey, have you ever seen stars in front of your eyes?
I saw it this time.
Do Yeon, that b*tch slapped my head and there were stars in front of my eyes...
And, you just stood still and took it?
If I had hit her, then I would have become the same as that b*tch.
I was musing about whether or not I should sue her for assault.
But I feel sorry for her situation so I was able to barely hold it in.
Ouch, it hurts. I'll hold this.
Stay still.
I think it's going to bruise...
Really?
It can't bruise. I have a lot of court hearings tomorrow.
Where's Seo Do Yeon's house?
Why? Are you going to try to persuade her?
No, I'm going to punish her.
The next time you meet her, go with me.
It's fine.
Soo Ha, you remind me of my mother.
Me?
Yes. When I came home after being hit by someone,
she would ask what their addresses were while grabbing a broomstick.
What was your mother like?
My mom?
Yeah.
I don't think you've ever talked about your mom before.
Is it rude for me to ask?
Yes, it's rude.
Okay, I won't ask then.
Team Leader, it's your shift, your shift.
Hm?
When is this stake-out going to end?
My entire body's about to fall apart.
I know.
Before we capture that bastard, Min Joon Gook,
I think we will die first (from this fatigue).
I'm going to sleep.
If he's going to appear, he should just hurry up and do it.
If we only knew what he was planning to do...
Don't dodge it and tell me.
Why can't I take Hwang Dal Joong's case?
I told you I never said that.
You previously mentioned to me about your father and the chief
being very sensitive whenever you tried to be involved with Hwang Dal Joon.
It's because Hwang Dal Joong is your dad.
Are you really going to believe Hye Seong's words?
To the housekeeper's daughter
who became a public defender after ten years,
you showed a withdrawal of the charges.
Hye Seong came to see me yesterday.
Really?
She said something ridiculous to me.
She needed to find Hwang Dal Joong's daughter to do a DNA test,
but she asked me to do it.
What?
She said I was his daughter.
So? What did you say?
Did you agree to take the DNA test?
Father.
Did you agree to do it?
I thought when I told you this, you would say it's ridiculous. And,
to bring Hye Seong so that you could scold her.
Ordinarily, that's what most fathers would have done.
Do Yeon.
Do Yeon, I'll apply a yogurt mask pack. So, go wash your face.
Why are you being like this?
Hurry and go wash your face.
Stay still...
Just stay still like this.
Suddenly doing things like hugging me . . .
Mom.
Is something wrong?
No.
Are you not going to see Prosecutor Seo again?
Why? Are you really going to come with me?
It's fine. I can meet her alone.
Don't worry. I won't do anything.
You never know. Maybe if I read Prosecutor Seo's mind, I might get a hint on how to persuade her.
Really?
You know . . . About Do Yeon.
If persuading her is impossible,
then should I just persuade her to stay out of this trial?
To be a prosecutor at her biological father's trial is really cruel.
You're not going to do a DNA test?
That's what you need most for the trial.
We do need that to start everything.
We could file for an re-trial.
What's a re-trial?
When we are sure that the previous verdict (26 years ago) is wrong,
then we should rectify it.
That's a re-trial.
If only Do Yeon would help,
then we could do re-trial for Hwang Dal Joong's case. [Reporter : Park Joo Hyeok]
He was put in jail 26 years ago for murder,
but the victim is fine and living.
What is it?
It's nothing.
It doesn't look like it's nothing.
Really, it's nothing.
Let's go.
Did you meet the daughter?
I met her, but she doesn't believe me.
Even if she believes me, with her personality, she will not step forward.
Currently, she lives in a very nice household.
She probably doesn't want to disturb that peace.
Who is the daughter?
You don't need to know.
Then, should I meet her once and try to persuade her?
Do you think that persuading her is possible?
Even if it were me, I wouldn't do it.
How about finding Hwang Dal Joong's friends?
We are already looking for them.
If the daughter is not stepping forward, at least with the friends' testimony,
we have to try to prove Cheon Young Ja is the same person as Son Chae Ok.
Ehhh... that wouldn't persuade them 100%!
If they are friends of the defendant, I'm sure the prosecutor will impeach their credibility.
You need to bring a more convincing evidence!
Hey! Whose side are you on?!
I knew Yoo Chang would get yelled at.
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Is this letter really for me?
Yes, why?
It looks like an article from at least 10 years ago.
Why was this sent to me?
Reporter Park Joo Hyeok.
What is this? I think this was mistakenly sent to me.
No matter what it takes, we have to keep Hwang Dal Joong out of imprisonment again.
He wrongfully spent 26 years in prison.
Spending the remaining time of his life in prison again would be hell.
Anyway, since it's a jury trial,
wouldn't the results be more sympathetic than just going by the law?
What is this?
I think Min Joon Gook sent it. Please find out more about where this letter was postmarked.
There's no return address.
So, how do you know that Min Joon Gook sent this?
It's just a feeling. Just look into it this once without asking or nitpicking.
There's nothing inside. Did it come as just an empty envelope?
Just investigate the postmark imprint without nitpicking!
And examine the closed circuit cameras in the neighborhood of that post office, too.
Are you new at investigating for just a day or two? There has to be some basis for us to look into it.
Hyung!!!
Enough, enough!
Until you agree to do this, I'll keep doing this.
Please look into it! Look into it!
Enough! It's gross! I get it.
Thanks, hyung!
Have you confirmed whether you passed the GED?
I confirmed online.
What was your average score?
98 points.
98 points?
Soo Ha, you . . . woah!
What?
Ah, right! You also took the GED!
What was the score?
Oh, 84 points.
Hey! In my days, the GED was a lot harder.
And the scoring system is different for each Education Office.
The office where I took the test graded very harshly.
I'm going.
Call me later when you're done!
Whatever!
It's been a while, Park Soo Ha.
Why are you here?
Do I have to tell you that?
Yoo Chang, what time did you say Kim Yoo In's consultation...
What?
Seo Do Yeon.
I have something to tell you.
Can we talk, just the two of us?
Sure, let's talk. Follow Me.
What is it that the atmosphere is so hostile?
You, let's go outside.
What, why? Am I the only one who's curious about their conversation?
Then, what about him?
Soo Ha, you come outside with us too.
Oh, I already know what they are going to talk about.
Okay, then just you come out, Yoo Chang.
Why are you excluding only me?
I'm not leaving! I'd also like to know what they are talking about!
Well, there's nothing you need to know.
The bull****... From whom did you hear it?
Tell me the basis of your statement.
There's a witness. And I can't tell you who it is, at this time.
You've also formed some conclusions, haven't you?
Isn't that why you came here?
It's not like that.
It's because I have something to tell you.
Let's hear it.
What you said that time is really absurd and does not make sense.
However, by chance . . .
Really, by some chance,
even if your words are true, my father did no wrong.
Father?
Which father?
I have only one father.
That was the case in the past and that will be the case going forward, too.
Hwang Dal Joong wants an apology from your father.
That, you convince him.
By chance, if the outcome of a trial is wrong, it isn't the judge, but the fault of the
prosecutor who didn't verify the truth properly and the lawyer who didn't defend properly.
I didn't say that the outcome of the trial was wrong.
I'm saying what your father did after the trial was wrong.
After the trial?
It's probably painful, but please listen.
Saying these things is also hard for me and makes me feel sorry for you.
But, since this is the truth, I think that you should know.
Stop pretending that you're concerned for me,
since it's not genuine.
Cut the bull and just get to the point.
After the trial ended,
Jeon Yeong Ja went to see your father.
What?
He must have been shocked.
Since a person, he believed to be dead, has come in front of him, how shocked he must have been.
I came because I have a request for you, Your Honor.
If you just accept my request, I...
So that I never sully your name, I'll live as a person that doesn't exist in this world.
Say something that makes sense!
Why doesn't it make sense?
If that person stays in jail like he is now, everything will be fine.
You..
You don't have any kids, right?
You're even looking into adoption.
Please take my daughter, Your Honor.
That is my request.
Your father accepted that request.
That daughter is you.
You must be crazy. Even if you write fiction, you should write something humorous.
Why do you think that CEO Seo adopted you?
You, who's an absolute stranger.
On top of it, the defendant's daughter. Do you think it was just out of goodness?
Say no more.
You also know, how your father is such an authoritarian person.
He must not have wanted to acknowledge that he was wrong.
Especially, when the Left Hand Murder Case was a case that had the attention of the entire world.
It was also his first case, after being in the chief judge position.
Reversing and setting that right may have been for him, with his personality, absolutely impossible.
So, that proposal...
I told you to say no more!
What kind of behavior is this?!
Let go.
Apologize immediately, Prosecutor!
Let go. I told you to let go!
Father. Father!
Please say that this isn't true, Father.
Father, say that this isn't true, please.
Do Yeon!
Do Yeon! Seo Do Yeon!
Grab her fast!
Just let her be.
We have to finish talking. That person, Seo Dae Seok, has to apologize to Hwang Dal Joong.
I have to convince Do Yeon.
Take it slowly.
Soo Ha.
She must feel as if, suddenly, her whole world has fallen apart.
She's just found out about the wrongdoings of a father, whom she's believed in for over 20 years,
how can she bear it all in an instant?
Give her some time, slowly. Give her time to think.
There's no time. For Hwang Dal Joong, there isn't much time left.
Soo Ha, why are you like this?
What are you suddenly taking Do Yeon's side?
Why are you telling me repeatedly to bury the truth?
I'm not saying that you should bury the truth.
The person...
I'm asking you to look at the person first.
Jang Hye Seong, that b*tch.
That wretched b*tch.
When you were imprisoned 25 years ago, I'm told you lost a daughter.
Yes?
By getting out even a day early, you'd want to go look for her, don't you?
Is it possible to get out early, me?
Soo Ha, let's, you and I, have a talk.
Ok.
Just talk from there. Right now, I'm having a lot of harsh thoughts,
So it's better to talk without looking at me.
Ok. Talk.
Do you really think that Do Yeon is right?
What is it that Seo Do Yeon did wrong?
Omo. Look at him. Are you taking Seo Do Yeon's side?
It's her father who did wrong, isn't it?
And because she can't believe it, she's acting that way.
Even if she believed it, she probably would be acting that way.
Later, that girl, Seo Do Yeon, will surely take her father's side, 100%.
She's his daughter, isn't she?
As his child, how would she be able to not believe her father?
Then, Do Yeon will become just like her father.
What?
Being silent about what her father did means that she sympathizes with him.
I see the two of them as being exactly the same.
I can't understand Do Yeon.
It's not that she and I are not different, but Do Yeon is just wrong about this.
Are you listening?
What is this? Why did he stop listening to what I was saying?
Just like I
killed your father.
Your father
killed my wife.
Being silent about what her father did means that she sympathizes with him.
I see the two of them as being exactly the same.
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What is that strange thing? You wore that to avoid my eyes?
Yes.
It really doesn't suit the rest of your clothes.
It doesn't matter.
Ah, where's my wallet? I can't see it.
Ahjumma, take that strange mask off and look for it.
You can't see because of that.
Ahjussi, two people, please.
Go in and call me when you are done.
Ok.
Lawyer Jjang!
Do you have a court case this afternoon too, Lawyer Jjang?
Yes. I do.
But what's that?
You look like that one character in Star Wars . . . Who was it . . . .
Darth Vader! Darth Vader! That's who you look like.
Recently, I've been seeing sign of freckles. So, that's why. Let's go in.
Go in first.
I have something to talk about with Soo Ha.
With Soo Ha?
What is this?
This is..
Some time ago, Lawyer Jjang and I received this letter with no return address or name of sender.
So, I asked them to investigate, without Lawyer Jjang knowing.
They went through every CCTV near the post office with that postmark.
That's what showed up.
He is disguised differently since the last time I saw him.
I felt like you should know too.
You mean that Min Joon Gook sent this letter to Lawyer Jjang, too?
Was it also sent to you?
Yes.
Did Lawyer Jjang see the letter too?
Yes, but it seems like she doesn't see the significance.
I hid the letters that came after that.
No need to worry. We can handle this.
Thank you.
Sure, go inside.
Just why are you being like this to me.
What?
You also like Lawyer Jjang, so
why do you continue to help me?
Are you showing off right now?
"I'm a nice guy, with a good career, both parents living, and I'm an adult. I have everything."
"So someone like you isn't even competition."
Are you showing off your generosity?
Park Soo Ha, get ahold of yourself.
You behaving like that, you are foolishly making me miserable.
Lawyer Jjang chose you without giving me a chance.
Don't be anxious, and instead, show me the reason why Lawyer Jjang chose you.
Based on what you're doing right now,
I still can't understand (why Jjang chose Soo Ha).
The DNA Test..
I'll do it.
What? Really?
However,
I have a condition.
A condition?
What condition?
What's the condition?
You mean you found my daughter?
Ga Yeon?
She said that she'd take the DNA Test for you.
How is she? Did she grow up well?
Is she kind? Pretty?
Yes, she grew up to be intelligent and beautiful.
She's from a good household too.
When can I meet her?
Can she visit me?
That will be a bit hard.
Does she not want to meet me?
No, more than not wanting to...
It's hard for her to accept.
Of course that would be the case...
Like I missed her, naturally I thought my daughter would
want to see me also.
I've only thought about myself.
In any case, with the daughter's DNA test,
the defendant will be proven as your wife.
Then we could file for a re-trial.
Also, the trial might be more favorable toward us.
Tell my daughter I said thank you.
Sure, I'll do that.
After the result for the DNA test comes out, file for a re-trial
I heard the decision to begin a re-trial is very difficult.
It is.
You know that I don't have much time left.
But still, submit one.
It can happen a lot faster than we think.
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Hello?
Yes, that's me.
The test results are already out?
What are the results?
Yes.
Yes, I understand.
Evidence to be submitted in support of Charge 2
Charge: Murder, Mutilating the body...
She probably feels like her world is collapsing.
Her father's wrong is exposed after 20+ years. How can she deal with it in an instant?
Give her time, slowly
Give her some time to think about it.
I'm not telling you to cover up the truth.
The person...
I'm asking you to look at the person first.
CEO Seo!
I have something to tell you.
Should I just say it here aloud?
It's about Do Yeon.
Wait inside.
End it quickly. I have to go into a meeting.
Honestly, I was about to call you as a witness.
And, if you didn't come, I was willing to summon you as a witness to force you to come.
I thought about going all the way to the end. The thing you did 26 years ago,
and the way that you ruined someone's life,
I thought about exposing you to the world.
Again with that story. As a judge,
I judged according to the evidence.
If that judgement was wrong, It wasn't my fault.
It was the lawyer and the prosecutor's fault.
How can you and Do Yeon say exactly the same words?
Do Yeon took a DNA test. And the results came out today.
It seems as if you didn't know.
When she agreed to take the test, she brought up a condition.
I came because I think that you should know that condition.
Condition?
Yes.
What's the condition?
You can't ruin my father in any way through this court case.
So don't you dare mention my father during the trial.
I'm not doing this for Hwang Dal Joong's sake.
I'm doing this for my father.
I want to make that clear.
At that moment, in all the years that I've known Do Yeon, that was the first time I've felt sorry for her.
If I were her, I would have really hated a father like you.
We won't request you as a witness.
Because I promised Do Yeon.
Are you done talking?
Yes.
I have nothing to testify about.
Lawyer Jjang chose you without even giving me a chance.
Don't be anxious and, instead, show me the reason why Lawyer Jjang chose you.
I'm done, let's go.
Take this off and go. It's dangerous at night.
I'm fine.
And I'm still angry at you.
If you're angry at me, tell me and don't hide. I don't get hurt easily.
When my uncle left me, I understood all of it.
Even when you said I was just something in your way and called me gum.
Even when you said that it was my fault that your mother passed away.
I was okay with all of that stuff. Even in the future, I will continue to be okay.
I accepted all of the evil thoughts you had.
And I accepted all of your dirtiness.
In the future, no matter what you think, or what side of yourself you show me,
I will never be disappointed by you.
So don't hide your face with these.
Don't, you can't look.
I told you, whatever you think, I won't get hurt.
What should I do? My heart keeps pounding.
Let go. What kind of woman wants to be caught with this kind of thought?
Don't look! You're going to die.
Look at you. How dare you!
Like I told you earlier, I won't ever be disappointed.
Okay, okay. I understood completely.
Therefore, you too.
No matter what I say, no matter what kind of a man I am, please don't ever be disappointed.
Answer me. You'll accept me, right?
Okay.
Let's go.
Can I meet Professor Woo Seong Shik?
Professor Woo Seong Shik? Wait a moment please.
Which department?
In the past, I understood he was the Chief of the Cardiovascular Center.
Why are you looking for Professor Woo Seong Shik?
I have some questions to ask.
Professor passed away a long time ago.
Ah, is that so?
May I possibly know the cause of death?
He died from a car accident.
I believe it was a result of driving while drowsy or drunk driving,
Perhaps, he died 11 years ago?
Yeah, that happened when I was an intern so it's around that time.
What is it? You came to see him knowing that he passed away?
No, that's not it.
You..?
What are you doing here?
What about you..?
Did you also research that article?
So, you only know that your father killed Min Joon Gook's wife.
But you don't know how?
Yes, I'm just guessing it's because of my father's article.
I don't know much more.
When you met Min Joon Gook, what did he say to you?
He said that no one would listen to his side of the story,
even the police didn't take his side,
that no one in the world would take his side.
That's why he started all of this.
Do you think Min Joon Gook killed that Professor Woo Seong Shik 11 years ago?
Well,
we'll have to try to find out. But I have a bad feeling about it.
Then we'll have to wait and see what other kind of letter he is going to send.
You were being afraid, but now you are looking into it?
Yes.
We need to know Min Joon Gook's plan in detail in order to protect that person.
I'll be going now.
Okay.
He listens well.
What time is the trial starting?
The trial is at 11. Jury selection is at 9.
Then I will go to the academy first, but will go to the courthouse by 11.
Then should I coach you after I read the minds of both the jury and the judge?
Soo Ha,
You don't have to come to the trial today.
Why?
I can't always be going into the trials with your coaching.
Eventually, if I get used to doing that, I feel later I won't be able to defend by myself.
I can't rely on your hand signals forever, you know.
After all, I am an attorney.
Today, I want to give it a try alone.
Ok.
Don't worry, I'll do well.
You saw me last time, at your trial, right? Even without your eyes, I did really well.
It seems that my eyes haven't completely gone to waste!
While my greed keeps growing,
your soft words like this hurt me more
than your spiteful words,
or your harsh words.
Those words presuming some day when I'm not with you.
Why do you keep presuming such a situation?
You're not going?
I'm going.
Finally, the day has come.
Will you be okay?
Yeah..
I'm okay.
Your eyes seem pretty swollen.
Yeah.
I stayed up all night to write the reasons for prosecution.
Can you really..
Are you standing as a prosecutor today, at the trial?
Yes.
Still, regardless,
Hwang Dal Joong is your biological father.
Stop it. You keep bringing it up.
No matter how much you tell me,
he's just a murderer to me.
I haven't met him. I have no intention to do so. Don't force a father on me through blood.
Don't use that as a reason to force him on me as my father.
She's really strong...stronger than me.
It's really not that easy.
I can do it.
Welco-
What is it? Why are you here?
I'm here as a customer.
Basic...care?
You? For what?
Since I do maintenance work,
my hands seem...not well-cared for.
I'm a customer, don't look at me like that.
If you attempt to murder again someone whom you murdered 26 years earlier,
are you a murderer or not?
The so-called ghost murder case trial started this morning.
Kill the... ghost?
Ghost?
Fifty-eight year old Mr. Hwang is indicted for attempted murder,
in the stabbing a 54 year old woman, at Yeon Joo Hospital on July 3rd.
Prior to the incident, after serving 26 years, Mr. Hwang was released from prison,
through a suspension of sentence because of a brain tumor.
Mr. Hwang's attorneys argue that 26 years ago, Mr. Hwang was adjudged as a murderer of victim Son,
i.e., the Defendant's wife, whom they are claiming
is one and the same person as the attempted murder victim.
Hence, he cannot be punished again for the same crime.
Meanwhile, from the prosecution's perspective, there is no basis for this argument.
The entire incident was recorded by the hospital's CCTV,
hence, he is obviously guilty.
If the defense attorneys show, as claimed, that victim Son is the same person
as who died twenty-six years ago,
the situation of how the attempted murder of a legally dead person
affects the judgment in the case is being closely watched.
He killed his wife, so he was in jail for 26 years.
But that wife is still alive?`
That's a completely unfair waste of his life.
So that's why he stabbed that wife?
What in the world... Things like that can actually happen?
But does this even make any sense?
He killed someone, so he gets punished. He stabs the same person, so he gets punished again?
He's already been punished for his sin.
On the other hand, that was that and this is this.
Even so, he stabbed a living person.
No, he stabbed a dead person, so . . .
This must be why they call it the "Ghost Murderer Case"!
Not a living person,
but a dead one was who he stabbed!
Jury Trial
The defendant killed his wife 26 years ago
was imprisoned for the crime of murder
and mutilation of her body in doing so.
His sentence was suspended because of a malignant brain tumor.
But as soon as he was released, he attempted a murder.
It was the day after his release from the prison due to the reprieve.
2013, July 3rd,
approximately at 23:40,
the defendant who saw the left-hand-less victim at the Sae Poong Hospital...
In the mistaken belief
that the wife he killed 26 years ago was alive,
he became so enraged
that using a shard from the broken flower vase, he stabbed the victim in the neck,
damaging her esophagus and airway, in an attempt to kill her.
Pursuant to Criminal Code Article 250 Paragraph 1, Section 254,
the Defendant is charged with attempted murder.
Defendant,
did you hear the facts of the charge?
Yes.
Defendant, do you admit the charges?
I admit that I stabbed that person.
However, I am innocent.
Alright, I understand.
Counsel for the Defendant, give your statement.
I...
am the Defendant's lawyer for the left-hand murder case 26 years ago.
26 years ago,
the, then Defendant, for murdering his wife
and concealing the corpse, received a guilty verdict. And until recently,
he's been serving his sentence.
Also,
due to the current case,
we discovered that the verdict, from 26 years ago, was wrong.
The Defendant learned that he was innocent and had spent 26 years of his life in prison.
The Defendant . . .
For a murder he didn't commit, has already had 26 years of punishment.
Also, for stabbing the person again, who was thought to be already dead, he stands here today.
Naturally,
even though the prosecution's side argues that
the wife from 26 years ago,
named Cheon Hyeong Ja
is not the same person as the current victim,
Son Chae Ok,
but through much evidence, we will prove
that the two are one and the same.
In addition,
when he has already paid for the murder,
to punish him again for injuring the same person is considered double jeopardy, hence dismissal,
meaning since the defendant is being tried again for the same crime with a preexisting final judgment,
we argue that the defendant should not be punished again.
But the wife he killed 26 years ago and the person he recently stabbed,
how do we know that they are the same person?
You'd know by just looking. Just because 26 years have gone by, he wouldn't recognize his own wife?
And the fact that neither women had a left hand.
Can you say the two are the same person just based on that?
We cannot say the two women are the same.
Defense is citing the fact that the victim's missing a left hand,
plus the DNA result of the victim, defendant and their daughter as the evidence.
But the missing left hand alone cannot prove
the victim and the defendant's wife are one and the same person.
The daughter's DNA also
cannot be accepted as evidence,
without the daughter's identity secured.
You're dead meat, Turf-head! (his spiked hair)
These two people's daughter has lived peacefully unaware of her adoption.
For convenience, I will simply refer to the daughter as 'Shim Cheong'.
For this trial, Shim Cheong
requested her identity not be revealed.
That's why I can't reveal her identity.
Let's look at the screen first.
If you look at the results of the DNA test,
Shim Cheong and Hwang Dal Joong are
99.9999997%
and
also the victim Song Chae Ok are
99.9999997%.
Parenthood has been established.
So this means Hwang Dal Joong, the Defendent,
and the victim Song Chae Ok were
a married couple.
Ok, I acknowledge it.
Then, as you said, let's say those two were married.
But why does that matter? He still stabbed a person who is alive.
Why did you hit me?!
This is a punishment for tattling to the police about Soo Ha's locker.
That, you already hit me at that time!
See! If you already got hit, but get hit again, you too get angry.
It's the same for those two people.
You already were punished before, but they're punishing you again for the same crime.
Is this the same as that?!
It absolutely cannot be the same.
In our country, a prohibition against double jeopardy exists.
Once the final judgment is rendered, the same case can't be prosecuted again.
This is one of the principles governing criminal cases.
But, it is hard to say that this case is the same as the case of 26 years ago.
The time, place, and charge of the crime are all different.
Ways and means of the crime are different. Also, the crime results
are different.
The victim and the defendant are the only things that are the same for these two cases.
But that's not enough to claim that these two are the same case.
Defense Summary 1-3 Defendant already ruled to have killed wife 26 years earlier: attempted murder of ghost
26 years ago, the court sentenced the defendant
to life imprisonment for the charges of murder, mutilation and concealment of the corpse.
Because of this judgment, the victim Son Chae Ok legally became a dead person.
Therefore, the defendant stabbed a dead person, or in other words, a ghost.
He only stabbed a ghost,
but should we apply the charge of attempted murder?
The points that the supposedly dead victim is actually alive,
and that the defendant unfairly spent 26 years in prison because of it, we also find them regrettable.
His innocence for that case should be revealed through the retrial.
But for this attempted murder case, it should be considered separately even if the victim is the same one.
Therefore, the defendant's plea for acquittal does not make sense.
To reveal his innocence through the retrial, it's too late.
Regrettably, the defendant is currently suffering from brain tumor called glioblastoma multiforme.
And, he doesn't have much time left to live.
One month to us may mean one year to the defendant.
No, 10 years to him.
In this country, the application for a retrial itself is difficult to begin with,
and even if you apply for it, it takes quite a long time before the retrial begins.
So, while waiting for it, the defendant might use up the rest of his life.
Next, questioning the defendant will begin.
Uh, Your Honor?
Before the questioning, I have something I want to say.
Is it long?
No,
It's short.
The words I'm saying now, they're going on the record, right?
Yes, they're being recorded.
Today,
my daughter Shim Cheong, who took the DNA test for me . . .
I want to tell her thank you.
Who she is . . .
Where she lives, even though I don't know any of that, I want to tell her to keep living like that, happily,
And prettily.
I wanted to say that.
That is all.
Yes, I understand. Prosecutor, proceed with your questioning.
Okay.
Defendant,
On July 3rd,
You met the victim at a hospital coincidentally, right?
Yes.
You, the Defendant,
did you attack the victim Son Chae Ok with the intention to kill her?
No.
Currently, the victim is in a coma and if the victim dies,
do you know that you will then have become a murderer?
Your Honor! The victim is still alive!
Yes, Prosecution, please refrain from questioning about something which hasn't happened yet.
Yes.
No further questions.
Is this the end?
Yes.
Why did you omit all the questions?
All those questions were likely to be objected to like the previous one.
In the hospital, when you met the victim Son Chae Ok,
no, Cheon Yeong Ja, what did she say?
She was making excuses why she made me a murderer 26 years ago.
Did she say why she did it?
She didn't like me. She didn't like my debts, either.
She wanted to live with another man.
And my daughter...
She didn't want to raise her under so many debts.
So, she gathered up her strength, cut off her own hand,
and sent me to jail.
And she also said that it was probably better for me to live in a prison than to suffer from the debts. That's why I...
Then, the victim's words provoked you.
So you grabbed a broken piece of the vase impulsively. Am I correct?
Yes.
Here.
Is this piece of vase the whole piece that you used to stab the victim?
Yes.
When the vase was broken, there must have been other bigger pieces, too.
Why did you choose such a small piece?
I just grabbed what I could.
As you heard, the defendant didn't have any intention to murder the victim.
It was an impulsive accident.
Nothing further.
Members of the jury, you must be tired from this long trial.
We'll resume at 4 PM after a short recess.
Father, I'm sorry.
I'm really sorry.
Hey, did you see the jurors?
How many do you think is on our side?
What is this, didn't you say that you can do it alone?
Well.. that's that...
Since you came here, tell me.
But more than that, about Prosecutor Seo..
Don't even bring her up.
You kept telling me to understand her, so I did. But she's totally a machine.
Without even blinking her eyes, she pushed her father to the corner...
I don't think that's it.
What?
Hwang Dal Joong seems to know that Prosecutor Seo is his daughter.
Really? How does he know?
Seo Dae Suk's daughter is the prosecutor at my trial.
I have such a tenacious fate with your family.
So tenacious...
Why did you come here?
My father will never apologize for the trial that happened 26 years ago.
If you are expecting that, you have to give that up.
You came here to tell me that?
Then, there's nothing more for me to hear.
I'm sorry.
I'm really sorry.
Instead of my father, I apologize to you.
Why are you apologizing?!
My father probably regrets that judgment at the time.
Probably that's why... I...
'I'?
My father is not a flexible person to admit to those things.
That's the way he's lived all these years.
That's why...I apologize to you instead.
Please forgive him.
I'll see you at the trial tomorrow.
In the court, I'm not Judge Seo Dae Suk's daughter, but
I will be standing as a prosecutor.
You...
How old are you?
I'm 29.
Are you..
Ga Yeon?
No,
I'm Seo Do Yeon.
Seo Do Yeon... Why are you...
Hye Seong...
I... I... think I'm going to die.
Help me...
Please save my dad...
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Call the Defense and the Prosecution to the conference room.
Cheon Yeong Ja regained her consciousness. So shouldn't the charge change now?
It is hard to say that the verdict in this case will be not guilty, according to law.
Lawyer Shin, you're okay, right?
Of course. I'm fine.
This is too uncomfortable.
Why? It's pretty.
It's not Journalist Park Joo Hyeok's article this time.
What is this?
No way... Is this Min Joon Gook?