'Hit-and-run' Kim Ho-joong forgives the court, but donates homeless facilities → Victims also demand leniency
Aug 08, 2024
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According to the legal community on the 8th, a taxi driver A, a victim of Kim Ho-joong's drunk hit-and-run accident, filed a petition seeking leniency for Kim Ho-joong to Criminal 26 of the Seoul Central District Court hearing the case on the 7th. At the same time, 1,500 fans' petitions were also submitted to the court.
It is unusual for the victim of the case to submit a petition directly asking for leniency of the suspect, Kim Ho-joong. This is interpreted as A forgiving Kim Ho-joong's fault. Some observers say that Kim Ho-joong's sincere reflection and efforts to prevent recidivism have reached A.
Normally, the court decides to punish the suspect in the future in consideration of the victim's opinion, and the court is expected to positively evaluate A's intention to seek Kim Ho-joong's leniency and set a sentence. Of course, the petition does not directly affect Kim Ho-joong's sentencing in the future, but it is one of the factors that can have a positive effect. In addition, the court will comprehensively consider various factors related to the Kim Ho-joong case.
Earlier, A contacted Kim Ho-joong a month after the accident and stamped the agreement a day after they met. Analysts say that this will also be applied in favor of Kim Ho-joong's sentencing in the future. At that time, the police said, "(The victim) initial medical certificate showed two weeks of preposition, but the damage condition was not confirmed due to the gradually deteriorating body." Kim Ho-joong was also investigating."I explained why the two sides met late.
Kim Ho-joong's good deed can also be taken into account in favor of sentencing. Kim Ho-joong donated 15 million won to a temporary shelter for homeless people in Seoul Station while being investigated by the police over the incident. Initially, it was planned to provide breakfast to 250 homeless people staying at the facility, but the investigation made it difficult to keep the promise, so it donated 15 million won to the facility in the name of the cost and operation cost for homeless people to eat breakfast.
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Kim Ho-joong admitted to driving late on the afternoon of the 10th, 17 hours after the accident. At the same time, he said he was not drunk driving, but he also admitted to drinking 10 days after the accident. As a result, Kim Ho-joong is charged with dangerous driving injuries, escape injuries, and criminal escape teachers under the Specific Crime Weighted Punishment Act, and employees of the agency who tried to conceal the evidence of the case are also being tried on charges of criminal escape teachers and destruction of evidence.
On the other hand, Kim Ho-joong's drunk driving charge was ruled out at the prosecution stage. Considering the fact that Kim Ho-joong drank several times at time intervals, the prosecution did not apply the drunk driving charge, believing that it was difficult to specify the drinking level only by calculating the reverse estimate over time.
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