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Former South Korean President Sentenced To Life In Prison

Observant1
edited February 20 in Off-Topic
From HCR's latest newsletter.

"In South Korea, Seoul Central District Court Judge Jee Kui-youn sentenced former president
of South Korea Yoon Suk Yeol to life in prison after he was found guilty of leading an insurrection
against the government. With his approval rating plummeting as his administration was engulfed
by scandals, on December 3, 2024, Yoon declared martial law and tried to paralyze the parliament
by using troops to blockade the National Assembly building and arrest opposition politicians.
As Lim Hui Jie reported for CNBC, five other conspirators have also received prison sentences
of up to 30 years."

"During the trial, prosecutors told the court that Yoon had declared martial law 'with the purpose
of remaining in power for a long time by seizing the judiciary and legislature.'
Yoon claimed that he was within his constitutional authority to declare martial law
and that he did so to 'safeguard freedom and sovereignty.'"

"After Yoon declared martial law, 190 of the 300 lawmakers in the National Assembly fought their way
into the chamber and overturned his edict, forcing Yoon to back down about six hours after his
martial law announcement. Lawmakers impeached him 11 days later and removed him from office.
Prosecutors had asked for the death penalty for Yoon. The judge said that in sentencing Yoon,
he had taken into consideration that Yoon is 65 and that he did not order his troops to use lethal force
during the period in which he declared martial law."


Comments: South Korea's democracy held and its president and his conspirators
received lengthy prison sentences for the insurrection.
The U.S. has been a democracy for a much longer time than South Korea.
And yet the felon—Donald J. Trump—who fomented the Jan. 6 insurrection was reelected to office afterward!
What does this say about our country?

Comments

  • Sven
    Thank you. Our founding fathers of the US constitution must be turning over in their graves.
  • Old_JoeOld_Joe
    I submit that the South Korean "life sentence" will be transmogrified in about five years due to "health issues": "OK, go home and keep your mouth shut".
  • Observant1
    edited February 20
    I submit that the South Korean "life sentence" will be transmogrified in about five years
    due to "health issues": "OK, go home and keep your mouth shut".

    Perhaps, but South Korea tried the perpetrators and sentenced them to long prison terms.
    Trump was not incarcerated for fomenting the Jan. 6 insurrection—and was relected as president in 2024!
    In my opinion, South Korea handled the situation much better than we did.
  • Old_JoeOld_Joe
    Hey, no disagreement on that!
  • CrashCrash
    S. Korea has survived and clearly thrived, politically, unlike the U.S., which found its way to re-electing the Vapid Orange Felon. S. Korea survived Syngman Rhee at the start, following the ceasefire in 1953. It MIGHT have gone much differently. And who would have ever thought it would even be in the realm of possibility that the current FOTUS should serve TWO terms? ... And when Yoon Suk Yeol tried all of that stoopid, destructive shit, he PAID THE PRICE in their (actual!) Justice System.
    I got a puke bucket around here. Where did that thing go....?
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