Shaman Who Killed Nephew with 'Exorcism' Charcoal Heat... Supreme Court Recognizes Charge as Murder
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Life imprisonment in first trial → Sentence reduced to 7 years in second trial as intent to kill was not recognized. Supreme Court: "Awareness of risk of death... intent to kill cannot be denied." The sentence of an 80-year-old shaman who tied up her nephew and killed him by applying heat from a charcoal fire was reduced, stating that intent to kill was not proven.
The Supreme Court has overturned the appellate court's decision to charge an 80-year-old shaman with manslaughter, rather than murder, for tying his nephew in his 30s to a steel structure and applying heat from a charcoal fire for nearly three hours to drive out evil spirits, resulting in his death. On the 23rd of last month, the Supreme Court’s Third Division (presiding Justice Eom Sang-pil) overturned the original ruling sentencing shaman Sim…
Even if one believed in the efficacy of a sorcery ritual to drive away evil spirits, if one recognized the risk of death contained in the ritual, there is willful negligence in killing.
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