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The truth about death row inmate Im Byung-seok, who committed additional murders in the courtroom, is revealed.
Episode 26 of E Channel's original web variety show Hyungsuda season 2 (hereinafter Hyungsuda2), which will be released on the YouTube channel "Detectives' Chatter" on the 30th, features former judge-turned-lawyer Jeong Jae-min and Kim Nam-il as guests.
The broadcast reveals the special connection between lawyer Jeong Jae-min and Kim Nam-il. The two are both born in 1977, and lawyer Jeong Jae-min said he was "two years senior in high school to announcer Kim Bo-min, who is Kim Nam-il's wife," revealing another link between them. The two, meeting for the first time, reportedly appeared somewhat shy.
Lawyer Jeong Jae-min introduced bizarre cases that senior judges experienced when answering questions about dangerous and tense situations he faced in the courtroom. He drew attention by recounting defendants who threw shoes or wielded weapons and caused riots, and cases in which offenders received additional punishment after cursing following sentencing, increasing their sentences. In relation to this, the 'Death Row Talks' episode also spotlights the case of death row inmate Im Byung-seok, who committed a murder in the courtroom — the first such incident in Korea's judicial history.
In 1973, Im Byung-seok went to his cohabiting partner's house carrying an axe and threatened them; in the process, his partner's mother and sibling were seriously injured, and the grandmother died while being transported to the hospital. It is reported that Im had been detained at a police station after causing a disturbance at the partner's house the day before the crime.
It was particularly shocking to learn that Im Byung-seok was married with a wife and three children. Im continuously abused his cohabiting partner, and the partner's father secretly hid his daughter at a relative's house. In addition, Im had a prior conviction of one year in prison for causing a disturbance at the partner's house and punching the partner's mother.
Im Byung-seok, who was captured three days after fleeing, was sentenced to death in the first trial but had his sentence reduced to life imprisonment in the second trial, ultimately becoming a lifer. However, seven months after incarceration he once again shocked society. While in prison he continued to send threatening letters to the cohabiting partner's house, and he stabbed the partner's father, who had appeared as a witness during the trial.
Reports say Im did not immediately rush at the victim but moved between the prosecutor's bench and the judge's bench attempting indiscriminate attacks, and upon hearing this Ahn Jung-hwan could not contain his anger, saying "he really went berserk." The full story of the Im Byung-seok case, which drove a family to tragedy and turned the courtroom into chaos, is revealed on Hyungsuda2.
Meanwhile, Hyungsuda2 can be viewed every Friday at 7 p.m. on the YouTube channel "Detectives' Chatter." Also, "Brave Detective 4," which shares the same universe as Hyungsuda2, airs every Friday at 9:50 p.m. and is available on major OTTs such as Netflix, TVING, and wavve.
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