Wavve crime psychology commentary "Reading the criminal's letters" (hereafter "Reading") producer Park Kyung-sik expressed shock at the letter from the life‑sentenced prisoner in the "Cheongju 20s woman naked murder case," saying "Among the cases we've covered so far, the gap between the content and the actual case is the largest."
In the final episode of "Reading," released on the 20th (today), the program covers a 2017 case in Cheongju in which a couple brutally murdered the victim; the boyfriend was sentenced to life imprisonment and the girlfriend was sentenced to 10 years. Former "Unanswered Questions" producer Park Kyung-sik recalled, "At the time, the brutal crime became widely known and caused a lot of public outrage," and Director Pyo Chang-won explained, "It was a case in which the perpetrators got into an argument because they thought the victim was badmouthing them and, in the heat of the moment, committed the crime," adding, "They even showed meticulousness in staging the scene to make it look like a sexual assault and murder."
Among them, the boyfriend Kwon, who was sentenced to life in prison, appealed his unfairness in a letter he sent personally, saying, "I loved my accomplice so much that I did as I was told and testified with the intention of taking all the blame," and "In the end I received life imprisonment and my accomplice received 10 years." However, Director Pyo Chang-won sharply dissected the subtext, saying, "The content of the letter is effectively a confession of the crime," and "He sent the letter with the purpose of increasing his accomplice's sentence rather than reducing his own."
Producer Park Kyung-sik then said, "So far on 'Reading,' this seems to be the letter with the largest gap between the letter's content and the actual case," and released the verdict of the case. As the unimaginably brutal and horrific details of the crime emerged, Seo Dong-joo gasped, "It's so cruel," and Pyo Chang-won also exploded in anger, saying, "Even the maximum sentence allowed by law would not be enough for this crime." Producer Park Kyung-sik also clicked his tongue, saying, "At first I thought he was just a fool, but it turned out he was a very mean and vicious person," raising curiosity about what shocking truths were stated in the verdict.
At the same time, Pyo Chang-won expressed his opinion about the accomplice's 10‑year sentence, which shows a large discrepancy from Kwon's sentence, saying, "Did the judiciary view the accomplice too much from a victimized perspective? He received too light a sentence." The full story of the case and the contents of the letter can be confirmed in the final episode of the crime psychology commentary "Reading," which will be exclusively pre-released on Wavve at 5 p.m. on the 20th (today).
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