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hellofaniceguy
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
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 Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2004 11:54 pm Post subject: Was justice swift or what!?!?!?!:? |
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In most countries in the world...the trial would not be going on till after a year or two because of delays!! This guy was arrested in July of 2004, tried, convicted and going to hang! 5 months!
Getting caught for doing privates should be even quicker I'd say!
Korean killer gets death penalty
Monday, December 13, 2004 Posted: 0456 GMT (1256 HKT)
SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) -- A 34-year-old South Korean man believed to be the country's worst serial killer has been sentenced to death after being convicted of murdering 20 people, court officials said.
The Seoul Central District Court found Yoo Young-chul guilty of killing 20 mostly women and senior citizens, with one charge of murder being dismissed due to lack of evidence.
"The sentence is death for murder," one of the officials said by telephone on Monday. Capital punishment in South Korea is administered by hanging.
Yoo has one week to appeal the sentence, another official said.
His lawyer was not immediately available for comment on whether he would appeal.
Yoo was arrested in July for the series of grisly murders that police said were motivated by his hate for women and the rich.
Seoul Metropolitan Police chief Huh Joon-young has said the murders were committed in less than a year and the bodies were buried in shallow graves near a temple in central Seoul.
Most of the female victims were masseuses, who frequently offer sex services in South Korea, police have said.
Yoo quickly confessed to the murders after his arrest but was often confused about the details, saying there had been "too many," police officers have said.
A court-ordered examination found Yoo did not suffer from insanity, South Korean media said. |
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itaewonguy
Joined: 25 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 11:11 am Post subject: |
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| I think across the seas in the west.. peterson will be following him to hell! |
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thorin
Joined: 14 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 4:10 pm Post subject: Re: Was justice swift or what!?!?!?!:? |
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| hellofaniceguy wrote: |
Yoo quickly confessed to the murders after his arrest but was often confused about the details, saying there had been "too many," police officers have said.
A court-ordered examination found Yoo did not suffer from insanity, South Korean media said. |
How could anyone who kills 20 people be considered sane? |
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dogbert
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 4:20 pm Post subject: |
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| The man's a national hero...he deserves a parade, not a death sentence. |
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casey's moon
Joined: 14 Sep 2004
Location: Daejeon
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| Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 5:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Death sentences are given but haven't been carried out in Korea for some time (5 years? 10 years? can't remember). Don't expect him to hang anytime soon, and possibly never. |
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just because
Joined: 01 Aug 2003
Location: Changwon - 4964
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| Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 5:52 pm Post subject: |
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This is where the death penalty should be used.
All these civil libiterians getting on their high horse craping on about how you can't take a mans life when after he has taken 20 in other countries.
Kill the bastard. |
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casey's moon
Joined: 14 Sep 2004
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| Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 6:58 pm Post subject: |
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| just because wrote: |
This is where the death penalty should be used.
All these civil libiterians getting on their high horse craping on about how you can't take a mans life when after he has taken 20 in other countries.
Kill the *beep*. |
I don't want to argue with you because I like you -- but I do disagree with you. Could go into the reasons, but then you'll go into your reasons (I know there are reasonable arguments on your side as well), and then we will be arguing, and I'd rather discuss Korean studies with you, since neither of us are likely to change our opinions on the death penalty anyway, right?
One thing I do want to say of interest about Korea is that Kim Dae Jung and some of the Uri Party members were once on death row themselves -- which is one of the reasons there is a push by some to get rid of it completely in Korea.
Getting off my high horse and going to go grab some lunch now!  |
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sadsac
Joined: 22 Dec 2003
Location: Gwangwang
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| Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 7:11 pm Post subject: |
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Hanging a few politicians would be to the publics benefit, not dettrement.  |
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itaewonguy
Joined: 25 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 7:16 pm Post subject: |
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| casey's moon wrote: |
| Death sentences are given but haven't been carried out in Korea for some time (5 years? 10 years? can't remember). Don't expect him to hang anytime soon, and possibly never. |
naa he will hang!
I reckon they will kill him next year! |
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casey's moon
Joined: 14 Sep 2004
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| Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 7:46 pm Post subject: |
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| sadsac wrote: |
| Hanging a few politicians would be to the publics benefit, not dettrement. |
Not worth responding to.
ooops  |
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bellum99
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 11:18 pm Post subject: its true |
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| Lets kill the bankers too. |
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dogbert
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 11:59 pm Post subject: Re: its true |
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| bellum99 wrote: |
| Lets kill the bankers too. |
Let's don't and say we did. |
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rapier
Joined: 16 Feb 2003
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I assume it generaly takes longer in the U.S., to go from crime to the electric chair/gallows. But thats probably because Americas jails are jammed full of death row candidates, and there is a long waiting list.
Mass serial killers or even murderers are relatively rare in Korea, I think. |
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dogbert
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 1:22 am Post subject: |
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| rapier wrote: |
I assume it generaly takes longer in the U.S., to go from crime to the electric chair/gallows. But thats probably because Americas jails are jammed full of death row candidates, and there is a long waiting list.
Mass serial killers or even murderers are relatively rare in Korea, I think. |
Not so. There are so few convicts on the death rows of those U.S. states that permit capital punishment that they could all be dispatched in one day, five at the outside if time is taken for preparation of last meals, visits of clergy, etc.
The primary reason that so many remain breathing today is the lengthy appeals process afforded to the vast majority of them. In California, for example, each convict receiving a penalty of death is granted an automatic appeal to the state's supreme court, regardless of whether there are any reasonable grounds for appeal or not, a process that takes at least one year. This is in addition to any concurrent federal appeals the murderer may avail him/herself of.
Not only that, once in awhile a governor throws a wrench in the works by granting a stay of execution at (sometimes literally) the last minute. Sometimes a state will even take a hiatus from enforcing the death penalty, as has happened in California, Illinois, and New York during various periods. |
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casey's moon
Joined: 14 Sep 2004
Location: Daejeon
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| Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 2:37 am Post subject: |
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| rapier wrote: |
I assume it generaly takes longer in the U.S., to go from crime to the electric chair/gallows. But thats probably because Americas jails are jammed full of death row candidates, and there is a long waiting list.
Mass serial killers or even murderers are relatively rare in Korea, I think. |
Since there hasn't been an execution in Korea since before Kim Dae Jung was president, I don't think it's accurate to say it takes longer in the U.S. |
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