Wrongfully accused South Korean man acquitted of murder

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South Korean man who spent 20 years behind bars for a murder he didn’t commit has cleared his name in court after one of the country’s most notorious serial killers confessed to the crime.

Yoon Seong-yeo, 53, had been sentenced to life in prison and was released on parole in 2009. He listened quietly as Judge Park Jeong-je of the Suwon District Court apologized to him on Thursday on behalf of the judiciary for causing him"immense physical and mental pain” because of the wrong verdict.

“I hope no one ever has to go through what I went through and that all cases receive fair trials,” Yoon told reporters after the ruling. Between 1986 and 1991, 10 women of various ages were found brutally raped and murdered in the Hwaseong area, and Yoon’s arrest came as police faced immense public criticism over their failure to identify the serial killer.

 

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This is why the death penalty shouldn't exist. How many times are the courts wrong?

YOUR NEWS IS CORRUPT IF YOU WOULD have REPORTED THE TRUTH ALL WE ARE GOING THROUGH NOW IN OUR COUNTRY MAY HAVE BEEN STOPPED. ARE YOU PROUD OF YOURSELVES? YOUR CORRUPTION IS UNBELIEVABLE I HAVE WATCHED YOU ALL MY LIFE BUT NO MORE I PUT BLAME ON YOU AND ALL MAINSTREAM MEDIA .

Why did they add South? Who would have suspected the North would let someone go and admit wrongdoing ?

He sure is lucky that happened! Now what?

You'll never catch this happening in china 😍/j

Atleast the prison had electricity, his home wont

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