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The girl was raped and murdered in 1988 at her home in Hwaseong, on the outskirts of Seoul, the South Korean capital. The following year, Yun Sung-Yeo was sentenced to life in prison, where he was imprisoned for 20 years, before being released on parole in 2009.
Just over a year ago, South Korean police announced that they had managed to identify one of South Korea’s worst serial killers using, among other things, DNA technology. Lee Chun-Jae, 57, who was already in prison convicted of raping and murdering his sister-in-law, later confessed to the murder of the 13-year-old girl and 13 other murders committed between 1986 and 1990, as well as nine rapes.
Lee cannot be prosecuted for the crimes because they are prohibited by law, but Yun Sung-Yeo applied and was rescued. A court has ruled that there is no evidence that he committed the murder and claims that the authorities forced him to confess three decades earlier, Chosun Ilbo reports.
– By comparison, Lee Chun-Jae’s answers and confessions were accurate and consistent with the evidence, making them highly credible, the court judge in Suwon said, according to the newspaper.
The judge apologized to Yun on behalf of the entire judiciary and the police authority also apologized. The released man is expected to seek great damage.
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