Shingles Spreads To Face, Judge Kim Gyeong-soo ‘8 Months Of Trouble’

Gyeongsangnam-do Governor Kim Gyeong-soo, who attended the special trial in August 2018, answers questions from journalists. [연합뉴스]

On the 6th, Kim Kyung-soo (53) was guilty of manipulating the comments of the governor of Gyeongsangnam-do, and was acquitted of violating the Election Law for Public Offices and sentenced to two years in prison. Issued. It was severe enough to cause blisters on her face.

When Judge Kim left the court, a journalist was caught discussing the ‘chicken rib issue’, a key issue in Governor Kim’s trial with a fellow judge. It was that difficult and hard test. A vice-president judge of the Seoul High Court said: “It appears that Sang-hoon Ham was under considerable stress and pressure from the trial of Governor Kim.”

In March, Judge Ham took over Governor Kim’s case as the successor to Cha Moon-ho (52), Deputy Judge of the Seoul High Court. Deputy Judge Cha, the former presiding judge, came in after he said, “Our court found that Governor Kim was proven to have seen a demonstration of the King Crab (comment manipulation program), albeit temporary,” prior to the move. staff in February.

‘Comment manipulation’ Kim Gyeong-su and Drooking’s party were tried on charges. Graphic = Reporter Jaemin Shin

At that time, Governor Kim rebelled and said, “Cha Moon-ho led Kim Min-gi, the main judge in this case, to the corner.” Judge Min-ki Kim (49) is from the Korean Law Research Association, where the head of the Supreme Court, Kim Myung-soo, served as president. However, Judge Kim also did not disagree with the fact that Governor Kim saw the king crab demonstration. At the time, lawyers who denied Governor Kim’s attendance at the rally said: “It appears they were sentenced to death.” In sentencing that day, Judge Ham emphasized: “The fact that Governor Kim saw the king crab demonstration is proven beyond doubt reasonable.”

Judge Ham took over the trial in March and said, “I will see the whole case again,” and for six months until the Sept. 3 decision, Governor Kim held a trial. Since the sentence was announced on November 6, the judge took two months to reach a final agreement and write the verdict. The appeal hearing in Governor Kim’s case, which began in March last year, ended in one year and eight months.

Unlike Governor Kim Gyeong-su, Kim Dong-won, who was indicted with his accomplice, was sentenced to three years in prison in the Supreme Court in February. [연합뉴스]

Gov. Kim’s former judge had delayed sentencing twice and resumed defense. During the trial, Judge Ham raised a series of questions that challenged the responses of Governor Kim and Governor Kim’s attorney. He was more active than the former judge.

In the trial by decision, he asked Governor Kim directly: “Everything is scattered in the air, but times change a lot, leaving digital evidence.” “The digital data is quite unfavorable for the defendant, so what do you think?” An official who sent an investigation to Drucking’s special prosecutors said: “Judge Ham looked closely at the file and said it was impressive.”

A lawyer for the prosecution who was in the same category as Chief Judge Ham and the Judicial Research and Training Institute also said: “It is not a style to look at public opinion when making a decision.” However, Gov. Kim expressed a critical opinion on “a judge who will not change his mind once he is convicted.”

Heo Ik-beom announces the results of the Drucking Special Prosecutor’s Office in August last year. [연합뉴스]

Judge Ham has no record of conducting academic activities in courts that have received political attention, such as the Korean Law Research Society, the International Human Rights Law Research Society, and the Civil Cases Investigation Society.

Judge Ham, who has an 85 degree from Seoul National University School of Law, was appointed a judge in 1995 after serving as a Navy judge. With the exception of the sending of the Constitutional Court in 2004, trials were only carried out in front-line courts. There is no work record in the court administration office. In 2015, Seung-Tae Yang was promoted to Chief Justice as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

Judge Ham, who took over the 2017 case of “ group sexual assault of high school girls in Dobong-gu, ” received attention for the perpetrators with a higher sentence than the first trial. Chief Judge Ham criticized the defendants in court at the time, saying, “I was so angry during the trial that I thought this was what a person could do.” Judge Ham sentenced Governor Kim to prison that day and sentenced Governor Kim to two years in prison, saying: “I think it is absolutely imperative that a politician tolerate organized comment activities.”

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