US EditionSouth Korea's ex-President Yoon faces potential death sentence request in trial
Prosecutors allege Yoon planned to suspend parliament and impose martial law in 2024, with the court delaying sentencing after over 12 hours of final arguments, ruling expected in February.
- The court paused proceedings after a marathon session on Jan 9 and postponed the special prosecutor's sentencing request to resume on January 13 after more than 12 hours of arguments.
- Prosecutors allege the plot began in October 2023 when Yoon Suk Yeol and Kim Yong-hyun devised a scheme to suspend parliament, brand opponents as `anti-state forces`, and use a covert drone operation.
- Outside the Seoul Court Complex, supporters and opponents faced each other across a multi-lane road, while Yoon Suk Yeol, former President, sat with seven other defendants as lawyers reviewed evidence.
- If convicted, Yoon Suk Yeol faces the harshest legal penalties under South Korean law, including the death penalty or life imprisonment, and the court is expected to rule in February after his Dec 3, 2024 martial law declaration.
- The failed martial law bid lasted about six hours and reverberated nationally, following Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment and a snap election that brought Lee Jae Myung to power, while South Korea has not executed anyone since 1997 amid a nearly 30-year moratorium.
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South Korea's ex-President Yoon faces potential death sentence request in trial
A South Korean court trying former President Yoon Suk Yeol on insurrection charges put off a sentencing request till next week after a marathon session on Friday, in a case that could give him the death penalty over his failed martial law bid in 2024.
Court delays final hearing in trial of ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol
The Seoul Central District Court said Friday that it would postpone the final hearing in the insurrection case against former President Yoon Suk Yeol until Tuesday. The court had planned to proceed Friday with the defense’s review of documentary evidence, followed by sentencing demands from the special counsel, final arguments by defense lawyers and closing statements from each defendant. But despite the session beginning at 9:20 a.m., the defen…
South Korea's Yoon Faces Potential Death Penalty Over Martial Law Crisis
South Korea's special prosecutor is expected to make a sentencing request for former president Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of insurrection over his brief imposition of martial law in 2024, as a lower...
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