Koreans protest judge who freed men guilty of rape and incest
Cries of outrage have erupted in South Korea as tens of thousands call for the impeachment of a judge who issued suspended sentences to four men found guilty of incest. The four repeatedly raped during a period of several years a developmentally handicapped teenage girl.
Tens of thousands of angry Internet users signed an online petition demanding the impeachment of a judge who handed down suspended sentences to four men convicted of incest.
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On Nov. 20, the Cheongju District Court convicted a grandfather and three uncles of a teenage girl of sexually molesting her from August 2001 to May of this year. But Judge Oh Jun-keun handed down a three-year suspended sentence to the 87-year-old grandfather and two uncles, 57 and 42, for raping the now-16-year-old girl, who has mental and developmental disabilities.Another uncle, 39, was given an 18-month suspended sentence. Judge Oh said his involvement was relatively minor.
Get this: The judge opted to be lenient because it was so stressful and expensive to raise the girl and because some of the perps are old and sickly. He even said it was fine for the rapists to continue to care for her. Thankfully, a group that helps women with disabilities is sheltering the girl.
Prosecutors sought jail terms of between three and five years for the perps and say the suspended sentences will be appealed.
h/t: icad