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    South Korean judge who hiked ex-first lady’s jail sentence found dead just 8 days after sentencing

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    2. TheWesternMythos on

      > Shin Jong-o was “found unconscious around 1:00 a.m. … at the Seoul High Court building,” an investigator at Seocho district police station said.

      > Shin was taken to hospital and pronounced dead, he said, adding: “There is no sign of foul play in the death.” 

      Obviously in different ways, but both South Korea and Russia feel like examples of how American society will evolve if we don’t course correct. 

    6. Pervy-Platypus on

      Why does south korea even have other branches of government at this point.

    8. SternFlamingo on

      How old was the judge? The age of the defendant is listed, but not that of the judge.

    10. NotMyRealUsername13 on

      Hard to see it being worth killing a judge for increasing a sentence by 28 months.

    14. slashd on

      >[https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3352562/south-korean-judge-who-handed-kim-keon-hee-4-year-term-found-dead-days-after-verdict](https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3352562/south-korean-judge-who-handed-kim-keon-hee-4-year-term-found-dead-days-after-verdict)

      >Shin Jong-oh, who was found with severe injuries on the ground near the Seoul High Court, had a suicide note in his pocket, police say

      >Shin Jong-oh, who had overturned a lower court’s not guilty verdict and imposed a harsher sentence on Kim, was discovered with severe injuries in a flower bed near the Seoul High Court building in Seocho district, southern Seoul.

      >“It is true that an apparent suicide note was found in his pocket,” an officer at Seocho Police Station told This Week in Asia. The note reportedly included phrases such as “I am sorry” and “I am leaving of my own accord”.

      Some more details…

    15. BradlyPitts89 on

      Anyone else noticing a lot more corruption at the highest level of gov around the world? Bribery, stock manipulation, etc.

    18. FamousAtticus on

      “There is no sign of foul play in the death.”

      Well that’s that, nothing to see here, lets just move on…

    19. jrr6415sun on

      So she was found innocent and then they appealed and she was found guilty. Can they do that in South Korea? That’s crazy

    20. Blacksheepwallzzzs on

      koreans always so dramatic. This shit is like from a korean movie

    29. relevant__comment on

      I’ve mowed through enough Korean dramas and manhwa to know exactly what happened.

    33. Grimtongues on

      Shin Jong-oh beat himself to death, dumped his body into a flower bed outside the courthouse, and then wrote a suicide note saying he was leaving this world voluntarily… seems legit

    34. Own-Dependent-4601 on

      south korean politics really became a full netflix thriller at this point 💀

    35. Whynotzoidberg-9 on

      So, could they throw out the ruling, saying the guy was super depressed and not in the right state of mind? I feel like that’s the next step.