Posted on 01/25/2022 12:36:36 PM PST by nickcarraway
A teenager has been found guilty of killing his grandmother in South Korea, after her body was found with around 60 stab wounds.
However, the court has ruled the killing as 'accidental', causing outrage among members of the public.
The incident occurred on Aug 30 last year at their Daegu home, where the 19-year-old stabbed his grandmother with a kitchen knife at 12.50am.
According to local media, the teenager committed the act because his grandmother was being nitpicky and scolded him and his younger brother.
The elder brother reportedly attempted to kill his grandfather as well but was dissuaded by his sibling.
Last Thursday (Jan 20), the elder brother was found guilty of murder and sentenced to seven to 12 years' imprisonment. He was also ordered to wear a Global Positioning System (GPS) tracker for 10 years.
His younger brother, 17, was handed a two-and-a-half-year prison term for assisting his sibling in murdering their 77-year-old grandmother.
He had closed the windows at home so that their grandma's screams could not be heard from outside.
This case has sparked backlash online, with reactions ranging from anger to disbelief at the lenient sentences meted out. Netizens found it hard to understand how such an act could be deemed as 'accidental'.
According to a Vice report, South Korea's juvenile justice system focuses on rehabilitation as opposed to punishment, where juvenile offenders are encouraged to participate in correctional treatment programs to reform behaviour.
The focus on rehabilitation leads to juvenile offenders typically being handed shorter prison sentences.
"He is well aware of his wrongdoing and seems to have sufficient room for reformation,” stated the court on the elder brother during sentencing.
Some netizens were also critical of the judge for giving the brothers a book, titled "Bicycle Thief", reported Vice.
The Korean short story collection includes one story which details a boy who attempts to keep his good conscience among materialistic adults.
According to Yonhap, the brothers experienced poverty at a young age and had been living with their grandparents since 2012 after their parents divorced.
The court pointed out that the brothers' unfortunate childhoods may have affected their behaviour.
A psychological analysis of the elder brother showed he had a tendency for "explosive emotional expressions" and the court took that into consideration in its ruling of the crime as "accidental".
Did Granny have something on Hillary?
Coming to a US court near you.
Close but no cigar. She had something on Brandon.
“A psychological analysis of the elder brother showed he had a tendency for “explosive emotional expressions” and the court took that into consideration in its ruling of the crime as “accidental”.”
I am always amazed at how the courts accept the idiotic excuses that shrinks come up with for criminal behavior. So if you have a tendency for “explosive emotional expressions” you get a reduced sentence? Such a person is more dangerous than a calculating criminal.
Courts are full of these psychological “expert” frauds with their degrees and nonsense “disorders” that excuse the most egregious of crimes.
Sounds like “america” VALUES are seeping into South Korea...
Boy's Lives Matter.
Yet another healthy person killed by the Jabs. When will it end? /nc
Definitely a sexual component with 60 penetrating wounds at intimate distance.
Woman and her boyfriend being tried for killing her husband. They were trying to get the Death Penalty removed due to it being a "Crime of Passion". The Judge read part of the forensics, there were 21 bullet holes in him and his pickup and a 6 shot revolver was used. The Judge said "I don't think me or the State of Texas is about to acknowledge that much passion."
He slipped 60 times?
You really have to ask yourself what is going on with the
logic of people globally.
WTF
beam me up
The entire world has gone stark raving mad.
Show this to the democRATs and RINOs who think there is no difference between cultures. Surprised Biden hasn’t imported this kid yet to make him Secretary of Cutlery or something.
The worst case of suicide they had seen in a long time...
The people of South Korea are also perplexed over this.
Not everyone is infected yet, with this brain eating
parasite.
Just Joe Biden, his followers and other select people around
the planet.
moshi moshi! hari kari, stabby stabby
what evah, lets ban some guns!
I had to check if this was 1980s and 90s Arkansas.
they are brain damaged due to the covid!
poor lost souls!
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