Juvenile Justice (2022) s01e02 Episode Script
Episode 2
1
Yes, I'm in front of the courthouse now.
Huh? Judge Cha?
Why are you back here?
You know the evidence we got
from the investigation office
for the Yeonhwa Child Murder case.
Please bring all those files
to the interrogation room now.
Well wait, but J-Judge Cha.
I'm on my way home for the night.
Han Ye-eun is in
the interrogation room now.
What?
Han Ye-eun
is in the interrogation room now!
Oh, okay.
Well, wait up for me, Judge Cha!
Oh, Judge Sim. Well
Judge Sim. Hey, your hand
Don't overreact. It's nothing.
Yeah.
Oh, well I couldn't get a hold
of the girl's guardian.
But I'll try everything I can
I already found them.
How'd you do it?
I talked to her attorney.
Her attorney?
Both of her parents
are currently living in the US.
Her father's a businessman,
and her mother runs
a successful fashion boutique.
Because they're abroad, a law firm
acts as her guardian on their behalf.
You know Geobo law firm, don't you?
It's a pretty big one.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
HAN YE-EUN, AGE 16
I wondered what kind
of clue this judge
was interrogating a minor at this hour.
As I thought, it's you, Eun-seok.
I've heard about you.
You only work in juvenile courts.
You do well to remember, Ms. Heo,
that you're only an attorney.
You think this interrogation
is some kind of joke?
I'm obligated to tell you that you have
the right to refrain from answering
any of the following questions.
A refusal to provide
a statement won't work against you.
Anything you say from now on
can be used against you in a court of law.
And you have the right to an attorney.
Sign here.
CONFIRMATION OF RIGHT TO
REFUSE TESTIMONY AND COUNSEL
This isn't an interrogation
by an investigative body,
but a court investigation
meant to check up on some facts.
So no need to be nervous.
Thank you, Sir.
Please begin.
Baek Seong-u came
to the station and confessed.
He told them he killed someone.
The victim attended
a nearby elementary school
Just get to the point.
How do you know Baek Seong-u?
I don't know him.
But then, why did you flee?
Because I was scared.
You kept following me.
Here.
This is a record showing phone calls
between you and Baek.
She must have dialed the wrong number.
There are so many calls.
You seem like a kind of stalker, huh?
My client will remain silent.
On the day of the murder, around
the approximate time of the incident,
you were the only person who talked
with Baek Seong-u over the phone.
But you don't know him?
My client will remain silent.
Where were you between the hours
of 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
on December 13th, 2021?
- That too
- I'm sure she'll remain silent once again.
Ye-eun.
Baek Seong-u is a young offender
who is under the age of 14,
so he'll be able to avoid
criminal charges.
But you will not.
According to Articles Two and Four
of the Special Punishments
for Specific Violent Crimes Act,
the longest possible sentence
for a juvenile criminal is 20 years.
And I'm sure you're aware of that already.
You do know that Seong-u
had a trial this afternoon, right?
Can you guess what he said
just after the proceedings were over?
It's the agreed upon time.
The interrogation is over.
Please sit down.
I'll ask the last question
and end this myself.
Hm.
This right here is the footage
from the boy's elevator security camera
on the day of the murder.
So then, Han Ye-eun.
What were you doing there?
I just got on an elevator with him.
What's wrong with that?
The phone calls
between you and Seong-u
right before and after the murder,
as well as the camera footage,
suggests you were there at the crime scene
on the day of the murder.
And all of this
is suggesting to me
that you were the third individual
who is implicated in this murder.
Just 'cause you're in charge
you can't just lock me up without a trial.
I've read over your record.
You were put on level-five probation
at the last trial.
You didn't follow any of the instructions,
you exhibited a poor attitude.
You were not
authorized to be a that café so late.
Let go of me! Let go!
- Ahh! Ms. Heo! Help me!
- Hey, don't hurt her.
Be careful, please.
Ah, Jesus! Let me go! Let go!
Can't you hear me?
If you were gonna take her all along,
you could've let her sleep
and taken her tomorrow morning.
- She's still a minor after all.
- Even though
she's technically still a minor
a child was still murdered.
And the boy's family
was absolutely destroyed.
One night of little sleep won't kill her,
will it?
All I did was carry out my duties
as a judge.
So why don't you carry out yours
as her lawyer.
Okay, I will.
I'll call you right away
if Mr. Kang asks for you.
Later.
- Oh, hey. You're up.
- Yeah.
Oh, I heard about what happened
to Han Ye-eun.
She was taken
to the Juvenile Intake Center.
Don't forget to talk to Judge Sim
when she gets to work
because she's the one
who actually caught her.
She went through quite the ordeal.
Her hand was scraped and bandaged up.
Oh, right. No wonder.
Judge Sim just called
and said she'd be a little late today.
She really needs some rest.
I think she hasn't
been sleeping much lately.
- Mr. Kang in?
- Not yet.
Okay then.
Please don't tell him about all this.
Come on!
YUN JI-HU
I'm off to work.
Your mother's coming over later.
Try to eat something, please. Huh?
You've got to eat to stay alive.
Hi, it's me.
Were you able to get in?
Oh, no.
The more cases you find, the better.
I've already taken a look at the
domestic ones. Send the overseas ones.
Juvenile cases, though.
And not the parricide ones.
As soon as you get the records on
Han Ye-eun from the Juvenile Intake Home,
take them to Judge Sim.
Yes, ma'am.
Oh, by the way,
what the hell happened last night?
Huh? My goodness. Don't get me started.
I had to go back to the office
on my way home,
and Han Ye-eun was there with her lawyer.
It was pretty intense.
Oh, that's crazy.
But with the phone records and the
security footage, there's solid evidence.
I don't think she'll find a way out.
Gosh, that's insane.
We've really been walking on thin ice
since Judge Sim transferred to our office.
- I know.
- Jesus.
For God's sake. What are we gonna do
if Mr. Kang finds out this?
Find out about what?
- Hello, Sir.
- Goddamn, look at your faces.
Find out about what?
This is Sim Eun-seok.
I'm at the court now.
Yeah. I'll make my way over there.
Hey, Cha!
Come on! You should know better.
Sim Eun-seok is going completely
out of her mind.
But you can't go acting like her. Fuck!
You went behind my back.
You're all traitors.
Without my consent, you summoned a minor
and put her in the Center, right?
Oh, my God. Oh, my God. For fuck's sake.
Are you two crazy or what?
Hey! Hey! Do you think
I'm a fucking pushover?
Get out! I don't need either of you!
I was going to let you know
about it today.
No need. Go ahead and hold the trial
without me too.
I was ashamed of it, Sir.
I was so ashamed
These kids aren't serial killers
or international criminals.
They're just some juvenile delinquents.
But they've managed to fool
the whole nation and the police as well.
The court should at least try
and find out the reason.
Isn't that our job after all?
If they come away
from this thinking,
"Oh, the legal system is such a joke,"
what do we do then?
HUMAN
If they commit even worse crimes
when they're older,
and victimize more people like Ji-hu,
whose fault is that gonna be?
We need to show them
how harsh the law can be!
We have to teach them
when you hurt someone
you have to pay the consequences.
And when parents attempt to cover
for their criminal children,
we must intervene and stop it.
That's the job we're all here to do.
So just tell me, Sir,
what exactly did I do wrong?
What made you so upset
that you threw around these papers?
As a court judge
tell me what I did that was so wrong?
So then, what are you planning to do now?
I'm going to use the law to prove my case
mercilessly.
Go meet with Baek Seong-u's mother.
Should I go now?
What matters more than anything now
is Baek Seong-u's confession.
Tell her that he seems to have worked
with an accomplice
and ask her to persuade him to come clean.
Yes, ma'am.
I'll be back soon, Ma'am.
I'm sorry, Ma'am.
I should have kept my mouth shut.
Don't worry about all that. I've had to go
through this kind of thing before.
I see.
Oh, and
this is what the Juvenile Intake Center
came up with
when they were running
their own investigation of the case.
It's Baek Seong-u's chat with someone
on a foreign social media account.
But the content is a bit
I TOOK A KITTEN FROM ITS MOTHER
I'M GOING TO PRACTICE ON I I think they're very intimate
with each other.
Ma'am?
Contact
the Juvenile Intake Center
and ask them if Han Ye-eun
has any other social media accounts.
IS HE ALIVE? DID YOU CHECK THE CCTV?
I'M NOT GOING TO BE INVOLVED, AM I?
IT WON'T HAPPEN.
THANK GOD. YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU, RIGHT?
Ma'am.
I'll see you same time next week.
Ye-chan, don't forget to solve
other problems by next week.
- Yes.
- Thank you so much, Ma'am.
- Have a good day.
- Bye-bye.
See you next week.
- Bye.
- Come on. Let's go.
Are you trying to get me fired?
How did you know that I was here?
What if people at my new company
find out about it?
The cram school where you worked
as an instructor told me you quit.
I contacted the tutoring company
where you work now.
Did they really say that?
That I quit my job?
My life will be over if I get fired again.
I have to be able to make a living.
It's not the first.
The first time that kid has made trouble.
I'm not here to get you
in any kind of trouble. Please trust me.
Well
have you ever seen this girl?
No.
What's wrong?
I think Seong-u was with her
at the scene of the murder.
Then why up until now
Why was only Seong-u
I just knew it.
He doesn't have it in him
to do something like kill a child.
She still hasn't confessed
anything, though.
We need his confession, Ma'am.
And if he does?
Depending on what he tells us,
the degree of punishment could change.
He will. I'll make him do it.
I haven't been able
to reach the victim's parents.
I, I can't talk to them,
I can't even meet with them.
So what did his public defender say?
His "public defender"?
I don't answer calls
from unfamiliar numbers.
Here.
This is the number to call.
If you contact them,
you'll learn more about your son's
public defender.
You're a judge, Sir.
You're allowed to do this?
This is also what we the court do.
Considering the gravity of the crime,
Seong-u needs his own attorney too.
Thank you so much, Sir.
Article One
of the Juvenile Act says,
"The purpose of this act is to ensure
the sound fostering of juveniles."
It isn't just a question
of offenders and victims.
The objective of the Juvenile
Criminal Collegiate Division
is to ensure that the juveniles
won't become repeat offenders.
Please, just try to persuade him.
Mm. You're back.
It seems like you haven't been
sleeping well for a few days.
Why don't you go home and nap a little?
Didn't you say to go to sleep?
Ah. Well, you're new to the department,
but we haven't had a party for you.
No, I don't do that.
God, it's like you wouldn't even bleed
if I pricked you with a needle.
Mr. Seo told me that
you were late this morning
not because you overslept,
but because you went to the library.
So I have a question I'd like to ask you.
Mind if I do?
Why this court?
It's not like the juvenile
division's a very high status.
Your work here won't gain
a lot of attention
when you open a law office later.
Because of the workload and bureaucratic
issues, most people avoid us.
Ms. Sim, you're such a respected judge
so, why did you want
to come join this court?
You wanna know why?
Why?
Enjoy your meal.
Judge Sim.
It's not like the juvenile
division's a very high status.
Your work here won't gain
a lot of attention
when you open a law office later.
Because of the workload and bureaucratic
issues, most people avoid us.
Why did you want to come join this court?
I don't know.
That's it.
One more thing.
The work in our division is one matter,
and the juvenile protection cases
assigned to you are another matter.
Those trials are independent,
so I'm not allowed to intervene.
But if you wanna do it half-heartedly
- Yes, of course, Sir.
- Yes.
Uh, I'm so sorry to interrupt the meeting
but this is really quite serious.
What's going on?
Judge Sim Eun-seok
of the Juvenile Criminal Collegiate
Division at Yeonhwa District Court,
has been appointed
to the Yeonhwa child murder case,
but her qualifications
as a judge are questioned.
Since she was
a juvenile court judge
at Uijeongbu District Court two years ago,
her overbearing attitude
and manner of speaking
have caused much controversy.
She didn't use cuss words,
but she lashed out
at my child yelling at him.
I couldn't believe
such a person was a judge.
In particular,
during the investigation
into the Yeonhwa child murder case,
she asked a minor to go voluntarily
to the court, but when she refused,
she forcibly took her without a warrant,
and there's quite a lot of controversy
over this now.
No, no. Well
They published the article
without performing a fact check.
No, she didn't forcibly take her.
She was accompanied by probation officers,
and she was investigating a judgment.
I didn't yell. I just tried to explain
what actually occurred.
JUDGE SIM'S QUALIFICATIONS
ARE BEING QUESTIONED
Mr. Kang,
the Chief Judge is asking to see you.
Look who's here.
What brings you to our office, Your Honor?
It's you.
You're the only one
who would think this up.
Yes, it's me. You told me
that I should do my job.
The nation should get this chance to know
Sim Eun-seok's true colors.
Your dirty legal tricks
didn't work back at the institute,
they won't work here either.
You lost to me then, you'll lose again.
Han Ye-eun is going to receive
a summons to appear in court.
Bring her on time.
Don't be even a minute late.
Because there's gonna be a lot
of press which you love.
What the hell is going on now?
Because of you,
I've been summoned by the Chief Judge!
You aren't even a junior judge!
You're a senior judge!
Why didn't you tell me that?
You made all that fuss
to interrogate Han Ye-eun last night,
but you did it by force. Didn't you know
the problems it would cause?
Hello. Tell Mr. Cha to come to my office.
This case.
I'm reassigning it to Mr. Cha.
- But Mr. Kang
- It's an order from the Chief Judge.
'Cause I, I warned you
that the justice department
would be in the spotlight,
and that we needed to be
especially cautious about what we do.
I acted alongside her.
- What?
- I was also suspicious of
Han Ye-eun's whereabouts the day
of the murder, so I decided to join her
- Is that true?
- It isn't, Sir.
I looked for Han Ye-eun
on my own that day.
It was my decision and mine alone, Sir.
There's no excuse for it.
Mr. Cha, schedule a date
as soon as possible.
And Ms. Sim
Assist Mr. Cha from now on.
Yes, Sir.
Why'd you do that?
I'm the one who told you
about the internet café.
I also looked for Han Ye-eun.
Why did you take all of the blame?
You've put so much effort in all of this.
I tried, so what?
That still doesn't excuse what I did.
The news didn't say
anything wrong after all.
The whole thing was my fault.
Although
knowing it was going against protocol,
I still wanted to catch the girl.
If the case were reassigned,
it'd be a problem.
But they just changed the judge.
No big deal.
So what if we had to sacrifice an arm
to finally get the head of the enemy.
CASES INVOLVING SCHIZOPHRENIA
These are
all the relevant cases here.
Stop worrying about me
and read through as many as you can.
Judge Sim, I just got a call
from the Juvenile Intake Center.
Baek Seong-u wants to make a confession.
The trial
for the Yeonhwa child murder,
a case that shocked the whole nation,
will be held today.
As Han, the third person who was caught
on CCTV on the day of the murder,
is suspected to be the real culprit.
The prosecution has filed
a murder charge against her.
- The trial of Baek
- The trial of two teenagers
will be held this afternoon
will be held at
The court will hold
a criminal trial of Han
and a juvenile trial
of Baek at the same time.
So everyone is closely watching
the results of the trial.
Do you admit
that you took her by force?
What does the Justice Department
think about The Yeonhwa Child Murder?
The presiding judge has changed.
Is that because of the recent controversy?
Will the trial be held
behind closed doors?
Case Number 2021P2598.
2021CC2611.
We'll commence with the trial now.
Han Ye-eun's attorney.
Is her guardian absent today?
Han Ye-eun's guardians are unable
to attend due to their business in the US,
so her counsel is here on their behalf.
I've been a judge for the last 22 years,
but I've never seen such illegal
dream team in a juvenile case.
We'll take it as a compliment.
Han Ye-eun's attorney.
Does she admit murdering
and abandoning the body?
She partially admits it
though doesn't admit everything.
As Baek Seong-u has already stated,
she murdered and abandoned
the boys body. She admits that.
She said it wasn't premeditated murder,
but manslaughter due
to her unstable mental state.
Baek Seong-u's defender.
Does your client admit
to being her accomplice?
He doesn't admit to it at all.
Baek Seong-u confessed to having
committed the crime already, didn't he?
He did,
but he wasn't her accomplice.
He claims that he aided the murder.
What's the basis for that?
Until Han Ye-eun
actually committed murder
at Baek Seong-u's apartment,
Baek Seong-u interpreted everything
as merely a joke.
Ye-eun
Is your address
Capital Palace, 103 3201? Is that right?
Sorry?
Is your address Capital Palace, 103 3201?
Yes.
Yes, when someone asks
to confirm an address,
people normally answer the question
with a yes or no just like you did, right?
- Yes.
- And people confirm an address
when they're planning on a visit
to that place.
Or if they're planning on sending
something to that place.
Would you say that's correct?
I guess so.
But why, if that's the case,
did Baek Seong-u reply to your message,
"Is he alive? Did you check the CCTV?"
They exchanged these text
messages on social media at 11:28 a.m.
YOUR ADDRESS IS UNIT 101,
APARTMENT 1402, RIGHT?
IS HE ALIVE? DID YOU CHECK THE CCTV?
The CCTV footage and the elevator
at the scene was captured at 11:29 a.m.
There are two things that the CCTV footage
and the conversation tell us.
First of all, the person who lured
the murder victim to the crime scene
wasn't Baek Seong-u,
but was in fact Han Ye-eun.
Hey.
Second.
"Is he alive? Did you check the CCTV?"
The reply from Baek Seong-u
indicates that these two
conspired to commit this heinous crime.
Besides, Han Ye-eun lured the victim
into Baek Seong-u's apartment,
but Baek Seong-u took the whole thing
as a joke is hard to understand.
Baek Seong-u's defender,
what do you think?
I'm sure they'll just claim
that the whole thing was accidental.
They can't deny abduction, murder,
mutilation, abandonment
because Baek Seong-u
already confessed all that.
As for Baek Seong-u, he either
conspired or aided in the murder.
As for Han Ye-eun, she committed
either murder or manslaughter.
They'll claim that
they aided in the murder
and committed manslaughter respectively.
Then we need to see
if their claims are founded
or if there are holes
in any of their arguments.
Witness. How do you know Han Ye-eun?
I'm the psychiatrist
who has been assigned to her case.
Actually, I've been Han Ye-eun's doctor
for three years.
What is her condition?
Well, depressive conduct disorder,
neurasthenia,
and persistent delusional disorder.
So in other words, she was diagnosed
with depressive conduct disorder,
neurasthenia and persistent
delusional disorder, Ma'am.
Persistent delusional disorder.
Please elaborate on that.
Well, there are many types
of delusional disorders.
Han Ye-eun's case
was the persecutory type.
In other words,
it was a persecutory delusional disorder.
Persecutory delusional patients
interpret other people's actions
as threats, such as slander,
and harassment,
and respond to them instantly.
Hey, sorry.
Depending on
what their delusions are,
they can have a hard time
trying to control their anger.
Then is it possible
that this case only happened
because of the persecutory
delusional disorder?
Whatever it is,
nothing is 100 percent certain.
Yes, of course, but is it possible?
If you ask if it's possible,
then I would say it is.
That's all, Sir.
We'll resume the trial
after a one-hour recess.
At the rate we're going,
it could go on forever.
Han Ye-eun's attorney
seemed to be quite prepared to claim
that the whole thing was an accident.
WITNESS STAND
Baek Seong-u.
Do you know what that is?
- It's the charger cable for my cell phone.
- Additionally
it's the weapon you used when you
murdered the victim. Is that right?
Yes.
Can you tell us exactly
what happened that day?
Hey.
As I said earlier
I didn't see Han Ye-eun kill that boy
because I was changing my clothes
in another room.
But
How about we try this now?
We'll separate them.
Baek Seong-u and Han Ye-eun
and we'll make them reveal the truth
about each other?
Did you really kill him?
Hey, you crazy bitch! Answer me! Fuck!
Neither of us
has to wind up in jail.
We can both
get out of this.
Are you really saying that
Han Ye-eun started this entire thing?
Yes. Well, she said there's a way.
She removed all of her fingerprints
from the charger cable and put mine on it.
She said she had a plan
and told me to listen to her.
So, who came up with the idea
of mutilating the body?
Baek Seong-u.
He told me to do it.
When I killed the kid
he was so distressed.
So he told me to do it
outside of the bathroom.
He showed me how to chop
a body into pieces
and told me to throw away
all the organs in the trashcan
and the body parts
in the rooftop water tank.
- He threatened me.
- Hey, it was your decision
to dump them in.
They're not to get all on CCTV.
That's all a lie!
She did it all by herself!
It's not a lie!
Outside the bathroom,
you told me how to do it all.
You said you would.
I asked you to turn yourself in,
you said you wanted to!
- When did I say that?
- "When did I say that"?
"When did I say that"? What the fuck!
You're the one who picked that ax!
After you killed him, you were so excited
that you danced. You crazy, fucking bitch.
When did I do that?
That bitch chopped the kid
with an ax and looking at him bleeding,
she danced over his body.
She did all kinds of crazy shit!
Shut up, you son of a bitch!
Fuck, I'll kill you!
Can you please, stop!
Please, stop it now.
Just stop.
Honey.
Honey!
My baby! Ji-hu
Baek Seong-u
and Han Ye-eun voluntary
made a confession,
uh, so it seems useless
to proceed with this trial.
Well, lastly, the victim
Yun Ji-hu's mother.
If you have anything you'd like to say
feel free to go ahead
and address the court
to get it off your chest.
Paranoia?
Schizophrenia?
I'm not interested in any of those.
What matters to me is
What's clear to me is
that my child
shivered with fear
without his mother in a stranger's house
and then was murdered by them.
I still
don't understand at all
why
why my innocent little baby
had to die like that.
Your Honor, I ask you
Please
punish them severely for their crimes
so something like this won't happen again.
Whatever the reason was,
they robbed a human of their life.
I think we should sentence Han Ye-eun
to 20-years, the maximum sentence,
and put Baek Seong-u
on probation level ten,
the highest level of probation possible.
Probation level ten
is two years imprisonment.
What do you think, Judge?
I agree, we should sentence
Han Ye-eun to the 20 years.
And for Seong-u
The court reached a decision.
The offenders targeted
an innocent stranger for murder,
and they treated him
like little more than an object.
And they murdered him
in the most brutal way,
just to take pleasure in killing a child.
Most importantly,
this was a despicable and inhumane crime
that shocked parents
who have children of their own
who are in grade school like the victim.
The court sentences
Han Ye-eun to 20 years in prison
and Baek Seong-u to probation level ten.
No!
- This is wrong.
- Please. Don't, don't do this.
You shouldn't do this, Ye-eun.
- Don't do this! Aah!
- 20 years? Why am I sentenced 20 years?
Let go of me! How dare you
order me around, you evil, fucking bitch!
Let go of me!
Let go of me, you fucking bastard!
- You bastards! I'll kill you all!
- Seong-u. I'll come to visit. Don't worry.
- Let go of me!
- I promise you.
- Let go! I'm innocent!
- Don't worry. Okay?
Let go of me!
Mr. Baek has decided
to appeal the decision.
What is Miss Han going to do?
She doesn't accept the court's decision.
She'll appeal against it.
Does she deny all the charges?
How do you feel now?
Wait! Wait, Ma'am!
This is from the judge.
Hello, Ms. Joo?
Okay, I'll be right there.
I'm sorry. I'm quite behind in my work.
Bye then.
Oh, right.
Oh, and Judge Sim told me
to give it to you. Bye.
Han Ye-eun isn't gonna change
much even after prison time, will she?
Do you think serving time in prison
is really good for such a child?
At least that's the court's rule.
We're only court judges.
We can't change a person's nature,
you know.
I'm just concerned.
She'll serve out her prison time
and become an adult.
And then what?
That's what her parents need to do.
They need to make her realize
the seriousness of what she's done.
Although
there isn't gonna be a next time.
The girl committed
such an unspeakable, unforgivable crime,
but her parents
didn't even go to the trial.
If parents don't make an effort,
their children will never change.
Hey, um can you lend me
your cellphone for a minute?
My mom wants me to call her.
Mom?
MINISTRY OF JUSTICE
Judge Cha!
You said you'd reduce the punishment.
How can you do this to me?
You said you'd reduce the punishment.
You clearly said that.
Introducing a public defender to me.
You said the judges at the juvenile
division aren't our enemies?
Why? Why didn't you release Seong-u?
It's not my son that killed the boy!
No, that wasn't what
Release Seong-u! Release him right now.
You said you'd release him.
Why did you lock him up?
Because the boy was killed in your home.
And your son was there.
And he helped Han Ye-eun
instead of calling the police.
Furthermore, your son
complicated our investigation
and even made a false confession.
The court finds that your son
should bare some responsibility.
Well, Judge Sim
There's an old saying that goes like this,
"The pain of a mother who lost her child
is as severe as an internal
splitting stomachache."
What did you do for Seong-u
when he was nine?
When Ji-hu was nine
Ji-hu's mother
lost her little boy
all because of your son.
Judge Sim.
I didn't mean that.
Well, I I understand why you said that.
And you weren't wrong.
Although
if the guardian were to take your words
the wrong way,
you, as a judge, are the one to blame.
I'll be careful, Ma'am.
I just can never
get used to juvenile cases.
They make me so uncomfortable.
Go home early today. Go get some rest.
And then,
we'll get ready for the next one.
You did a good job.
JI-HU'S BABY BOOK
Aren't you going to go?
I wish I had written this steadily.
I wish I had written in it every day.
Wow! Is this for me?
Do you like it? That's from Ji-hu.
Say thank you to her.
Thank you.
Where's Ji-hu?
I should say thank you to him too.
What are you going to say to Ji-hu?
"Thank you, Ji-hu."
I wanted to give him a hug so much,
but I couldn't.
I'm so grateful to you.
Thank you for welcoming the toy.
Yeah, I'm just so grateful.
WHEN SEONG-U LOST HIS BABY TEETH
SEONG-U'S TALENT SHOW
What did you do for Seong-u
when he was nine?
When Ji-hu was nine,
Ji-hu's mother lost her little boy
all because of your son.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I'm the one to blame.
It's
It's all my fault. I'm sorry.
I just can never
get used to juvenile cases.
They make me so uncomfortable.
Young offenders are the ones
who get punished.
But sometimes, other people
have to bear the crosses.
Honey.
Honey.
Honey.
"Did we succeed in meeting out
proper punishment today?
Did the punishment
give the victim a sense of closure?
Does the offender feel regret?"
It's over for now
GED EXAM QUESTIONS
but it's never really over.
That's the work we do.
COURT OF KOREA
THE CHARACTERS AND EVENTS DEPICTED
IN THE SHOW ARE FICTITIOUS
Yes, I'm in front of the courthouse now.
Huh? Judge Cha?
Why are you back here?
You know the evidence we got
from the investigation office
for the Yeonhwa Child Murder case.
Please bring all those files
to the interrogation room now.
Well wait, but J-Judge Cha.
I'm on my way home for the night.
Han Ye-eun is in
the interrogation room now.
What?
Han Ye-eun
is in the interrogation room now!
Oh, okay.
Well, wait up for me, Judge Cha!
Oh, Judge Sim. Well
Judge Sim. Hey, your hand
Don't overreact. It's nothing.
Yeah.
Oh, well I couldn't get a hold
of the girl's guardian.
But I'll try everything I can
I already found them.
How'd you do it?
I talked to her attorney.
Her attorney?
Both of her parents
are currently living in the US.
Her father's a businessman,
and her mother runs
a successful fashion boutique.
Because they're abroad, a law firm
acts as her guardian on their behalf.
You know Geobo law firm, don't you?
It's a pretty big one.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
HAN YE-EUN, AGE 16
I wondered what kind
of clue this judge
was interrogating a minor at this hour.
As I thought, it's you, Eun-seok.
I've heard about you.
You only work in juvenile courts.
You do well to remember, Ms. Heo,
that you're only an attorney.
You think this interrogation
is some kind of joke?
I'm obligated to tell you that you have
the right to refrain from answering
any of the following questions.
A refusal to provide
a statement won't work against you.
Anything you say from now on
can be used against you in a court of law.
And you have the right to an attorney.
Sign here.
CONFIRMATION OF RIGHT TO
REFUSE TESTIMONY AND COUNSEL
This isn't an interrogation
by an investigative body,
but a court investigation
meant to check up on some facts.
So no need to be nervous.
Thank you, Sir.
Please begin.
Baek Seong-u came
to the station and confessed.
He told them he killed someone.
The victim attended
a nearby elementary school
Just get to the point.
How do you know Baek Seong-u?
I don't know him.
But then, why did you flee?
Because I was scared.
You kept following me.
Here.
This is a record showing phone calls
between you and Baek.
She must have dialed the wrong number.
There are so many calls.
You seem like a kind of stalker, huh?
My client will remain silent.
On the day of the murder, around
the approximate time of the incident,
you were the only person who talked
with Baek Seong-u over the phone.
But you don't know him?
My client will remain silent.
Where were you between the hours
of 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
on December 13th, 2021?
- That too
- I'm sure she'll remain silent once again.
Ye-eun.
Baek Seong-u is a young offender
who is under the age of 14,
so he'll be able to avoid
criminal charges.
But you will not.
According to Articles Two and Four
of the Special Punishments
for Specific Violent Crimes Act,
the longest possible sentence
for a juvenile criminal is 20 years.
And I'm sure you're aware of that already.
You do know that Seong-u
had a trial this afternoon, right?
Can you guess what he said
just after the proceedings were over?
It's the agreed upon time.
The interrogation is over.
Please sit down.
I'll ask the last question
and end this myself.
Hm.
This right here is the footage
from the boy's elevator security camera
on the day of the murder.
So then, Han Ye-eun.
What were you doing there?
I just got on an elevator with him.
What's wrong with that?
The phone calls
between you and Seong-u
right before and after the murder,
as well as the camera footage,
suggests you were there at the crime scene
on the day of the murder.
And all of this
is suggesting to me
that you were the third individual
who is implicated in this murder.
Just 'cause you're in charge
you can't just lock me up without a trial.
I've read over your record.
You were put on level-five probation
at the last trial.
You didn't follow any of the instructions,
you exhibited a poor attitude.
You were not
authorized to be a that café so late.
Let go of me! Let go!
- Ahh! Ms. Heo! Help me!
- Hey, don't hurt her.
Be careful, please.
Ah, Jesus! Let me go! Let go!
Can't you hear me?
If you were gonna take her all along,
you could've let her sleep
and taken her tomorrow morning.
- She's still a minor after all.
- Even though
she's technically still a minor
a child was still murdered.
And the boy's family
was absolutely destroyed.
One night of little sleep won't kill her,
will it?
All I did was carry out my duties
as a judge.
So why don't you carry out yours
as her lawyer.
Okay, I will.
I'll call you right away
if Mr. Kang asks for you.
Later.
- Oh, hey. You're up.
- Yeah.
Oh, I heard about what happened
to Han Ye-eun.
She was taken
to the Juvenile Intake Center.
Don't forget to talk to Judge Sim
when she gets to work
because she's the one
who actually caught her.
She went through quite the ordeal.
Her hand was scraped and bandaged up.
Oh, right. No wonder.
Judge Sim just called
and said she'd be a little late today.
She really needs some rest.
I think she hasn't
been sleeping much lately.
- Mr. Kang in?
- Not yet.
Okay then.
Please don't tell him about all this.
Come on!
YUN JI-HU
I'm off to work.
Your mother's coming over later.
Try to eat something, please. Huh?
You've got to eat to stay alive.
Hi, it's me.
Were you able to get in?
Oh, no.
The more cases you find, the better.
I've already taken a look at the
domestic ones. Send the overseas ones.
Juvenile cases, though.
And not the parricide ones.
As soon as you get the records on
Han Ye-eun from the Juvenile Intake Home,
take them to Judge Sim.
Yes, ma'am.
Oh, by the way,
what the hell happened last night?
Huh? My goodness. Don't get me started.
I had to go back to the office
on my way home,
and Han Ye-eun was there with her lawyer.
It was pretty intense.
Oh, that's crazy.
But with the phone records and the
security footage, there's solid evidence.
I don't think she'll find a way out.
Gosh, that's insane.
We've really been walking on thin ice
since Judge Sim transferred to our office.
- I know.
- Jesus.
For God's sake. What are we gonna do
if Mr. Kang finds out this?
Find out about what?
- Hello, Sir.
- Goddamn, look at your faces.
Find out about what?
This is Sim Eun-seok.
I'm at the court now.
Yeah. I'll make my way over there.
Hey, Cha!
Come on! You should know better.
Sim Eun-seok is going completely
out of her mind.
But you can't go acting like her. Fuck!
You went behind my back.
You're all traitors.
Without my consent, you summoned a minor
and put her in the Center, right?
Oh, my God. Oh, my God. For fuck's sake.
Are you two crazy or what?
Hey! Hey! Do you think
I'm a fucking pushover?
Get out! I don't need either of you!
I was going to let you know
about it today.
No need. Go ahead and hold the trial
without me too.
I was ashamed of it, Sir.
I was so ashamed
These kids aren't serial killers
or international criminals.
They're just some juvenile delinquents.
But they've managed to fool
the whole nation and the police as well.
The court should at least try
and find out the reason.
Isn't that our job after all?
If they come away
from this thinking,
"Oh, the legal system is such a joke,"
what do we do then?
HUMAN
If they commit even worse crimes
when they're older,
and victimize more people like Ji-hu,
whose fault is that gonna be?
We need to show them
how harsh the law can be!
We have to teach them
when you hurt someone
you have to pay the consequences.
And when parents attempt to cover
for their criminal children,
we must intervene and stop it.
That's the job we're all here to do.
So just tell me, Sir,
what exactly did I do wrong?
What made you so upset
that you threw around these papers?
As a court judge
tell me what I did that was so wrong?
So then, what are you planning to do now?
I'm going to use the law to prove my case
mercilessly.
Go meet with Baek Seong-u's mother.
Should I go now?
What matters more than anything now
is Baek Seong-u's confession.
Tell her that he seems to have worked
with an accomplice
and ask her to persuade him to come clean.
Yes, ma'am.
I'll be back soon, Ma'am.
I'm sorry, Ma'am.
I should have kept my mouth shut.
Don't worry about all that. I've had to go
through this kind of thing before.
I see.
Oh, and
this is what the Juvenile Intake Center
came up with
when they were running
their own investigation of the case.
It's Baek Seong-u's chat with someone
on a foreign social media account.
But the content is a bit
I TOOK A KITTEN FROM ITS MOTHER
I'M GOING TO PRACTICE ON I I think they're very intimate
with each other.
Ma'am?
Contact
the Juvenile Intake Center
and ask them if Han Ye-eun
has any other social media accounts.
IS HE ALIVE? DID YOU CHECK THE CCTV?
I'M NOT GOING TO BE INVOLVED, AM I?
IT WON'T HAPPEN.
THANK GOD. YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU, RIGHT?
Ma'am.
I'll see you same time next week.
Ye-chan, don't forget to solve
other problems by next week.
- Yes.
- Thank you so much, Ma'am.
- Have a good day.
- Bye-bye.
See you next week.
- Bye.
- Come on. Let's go.
Are you trying to get me fired?
How did you know that I was here?
What if people at my new company
find out about it?
The cram school where you worked
as an instructor told me you quit.
I contacted the tutoring company
where you work now.
Did they really say that?
That I quit my job?
My life will be over if I get fired again.
I have to be able to make a living.
It's not the first.
The first time that kid has made trouble.
I'm not here to get you
in any kind of trouble. Please trust me.
Well
have you ever seen this girl?
No.
What's wrong?
I think Seong-u was with her
at the scene of the murder.
Then why up until now
Why was only Seong-u
I just knew it.
He doesn't have it in him
to do something like kill a child.
She still hasn't confessed
anything, though.
We need his confession, Ma'am.
And if he does?
Depending on what he tells us,
the degree of punishment could change.
He will. I'll make him do it.
I haven't been able
to reach the victim's parents.
I, I can't talk to them,
I can't even meet with them.
So what did his public defender say?
His "public defender"?
I don't answer calls
from unfamiliar numbers.
Here.
This is the number to call.
If you contact them,
you'll learn more about your son's
public defender.
You're a judge, Sir.
You're allowed to do this?
This is also what we the court do.
Considering the gravity of the crime,
Seong-u needs his own attorney too.
Thank you so much, Sir.
Article One
of the Juvenile Act says,
"The purpose of this act is to ensure
the sound fostering of juveniles."
It isn't just a question
of offenders and victims.
The objective of the Juvenile
Criminal Collegiate Division
is to ensure that the juveniles
won't become repeat offenders.
Please, just try to persuade him.
Mm. You're back.
It seems like you haven't been
sleeping well for a few days.
Why don't you go home and nap a little?
Didn't you say to go to sleep?
Ah. Well, you're new to the department,
but we haven't had a party for you.
No, I don't do that.
God, it's like you wouldn't even bleed
if I pricked you with a needle.
Mr. Seo told me that
you were late this morning
not because you overslept,
but because you went to the library.
So I have a question I'd like to ask you.
Mind if I do?
Why this court?
It's not like the juvenile
division's a very high status.
Your work here won't gain
a lot of attention
when you open a law office later.
Because of the workload and bureaucratic
issues, most people avoid us.
Ms. Sim, you're such a respected judge
so, why did you want
to come join this court?
You wanna know why?
Why?
Enjoy your meal.
Judge Sim.
It's not like the juvenile
division's a very high status.
Your work here won't gain
a lot of attention
when you open a law office later.
Because of the workload and bureaucratic
issues, most people avoid us.
Why did you want to come join this court?
I don't know.
That's it.
One more thing.
The work in our division is one matter,
and the juvenile protection cases
assigned to you are another matter.
Those trials are independent,
so I'm not allowed to intervene.
But if you wanna do it half-heartedly
- Yes, of course, Sir.
- Yes.
Uh, I'm so sorry to interrupt the meeting
but this is really quite serious.
What's going on?
Judge Sim Eun-seok
of the Juvenile Criminal Collegiate
Division at Yeonhwa District Court,
has been appointed
to the Yeonhwa child murder case,
but her qualifications
as a judge are questioned.
Since she was
a juvenile court judge
at Uijeongbu District Court two years ago,
her overbearing attitude
and manner of speaking
have caused much controversy.
She didn't use cuss words,
but she lashed out
at my child yelling at him.
I couldn't believe
such a person was a judge.
In particular,
during the investigation
into the Yeonhwa child murder case,
she asked a minor to go voluntarily
to the court, but when she refused,
she forcibly took her without a warrant,
and there's quite a lot of controversy
over this now.
No, no. Well
They published the article
without performing a fact check.
No, she didn't forcibly take her.
She was accompanied by probation officers,
and she was investigating a judgment.
I didn't yell. I just tried to explain
what actually occurred.
JUDGE SIM'S QUALIFICATIONS
ARE BEING QUESTIONED
Mr. Kang,
the Chief Judge is asking to see you.
Look who's here.
What brings you to our office, Your Honor?
It's you.
You're the only one
who would think this up.
Yes, it's me. You told me
that I should do my job.
The nation should get this chance to know
Sim Eun-seok's true colors.
Your dirty legal tricks
didn't work back at the institute,
they won't work here either.
You lost to me then, you'll lose again.
Han Ye-eun is going to receive
a summons to appear in court.
Bring her on time.
Don't be even a minute late.
Because there's gonna be a lot
of press which you love.
What the hell is going on now?
Because of you,
I've been summoned by the Chief Judge!
You aren't even a junior judge!
You're a senior judge!
Why didn't you tell me that?
You made all that fuss
to interrogate Han Ye-eun last night,
but you did it by force. Didn't you know
the problems it would cause?
Hello. Tell Mr. Cha to come to my office.
This case.
I'm reassigning it to Mr. Cha.
- But Mr. Kang
- It's an order from the Chief Judge.
'Cause I, I warned you
that the justice department
would be in the spotlight,
and that we needed to be
especially cautious about what we do.
I acted alongside her.
- What?
- I was also suspicious of
Han Ye-eun's whereabouts the day
of the murder, so I decided to join her
- Is that true?
- It isn't, Sir.
I looked for Han Ye-eun
on my own that day.
It was my decision and mine alone, Sir.
There's no excuse for it.
Mr. Cha, schedule a date
as soon as possible.
And Ms. Sim
Assist Mr. Cha from now on.
Yes, Sir.
Why'd you do that?
I'm the one who told you
about the internet café.
I also looked for Han Ye-eun.
Why did you take all of the blame?
You've put so much effort in all of this.
I tried, so what?
That still doesn't excuse what I did.
The news didn't say
anything wrong after all.
The whole thing was my fault.
Although
knowing it was going against protocol,
I still wanted to catch the girl.
If the case were reassigned,
it'd be a problem.
But they just changed the judge.
No big deal.
So what if we had to sacrifice an arm
to finally get the head of the enemy.
CASES INVOLVING SCHIZOPHRENIA
These are
all the relevant cases here.
Stop worrying about me
and read through as many as you can.
Judge Sim, I just got a call
from the Juvenile Intake Center.
Baek Seong-u wants to make a confession.
The trial
for the Yeonhwa child murder,
a case that shocked the whole nation,
will be held today.
As Han, the third person who was caught
on CCTV on the day of the murder,
is suspected to be the real culprit.
The prosecution has filed
a murder charge against her.
- The trial of Baek
- The trial of two teenagers
will be held this afternoon
will be held at
The court will hold
a criminal trial of Han
and a juvenile trial
of Baek at the same time.
So everyone is closely watching
the results of the trial.
Do you admit
that you took her by force?
What does the Justice Department
think about The Yeonhwa Child Murder?
The presiding judge has changed.
Is that because of the recent controversy?
Will the trial be held
behind closed doors?
Case Number 2021P2598.
2021CC2611.
We'll commence with the trial now.
Han Ye-eun's attorney.
Is her guardian absent today?
Han Ye-eun's guardians are unable
to attend due to their business in the US,
so her counsel is here on their behalf.
I've been a judge for the last 22 years,
but I've never seen such illegal
dream team in a juvenile case.
We'll take it as a compliment.
Han Ye-eun's attorney.
Does she admit murdering
and abandoning the body?
She partially admits it
though doesn't admit everything.
As Baek Seong-u has already stated,
she murdered and abandoned
the boys body. She admits that.
She said it wasn't premeditated murder,
but manslaughter due
to her unstable mental state.
Baek Seong-u's defender.
Does your client admit
to being her accomplice?
He doesn't admit to it at all.
Baek Seong-u confessed to having
committed the crime already, didn't he?
He did,
but he wasn't her accomplice.
He claims that he aided the murder.
What's the basis for that?
Until Han Ye-eun
actually committed murder
at Baek Seong-u's apartment,
Baek Seong-u interpreted everything
as merely a joke.
Ye-eun
Is your address
Capital Palace, 103 3201? Is that right?
Sorry?
Is your address Capital Palace, 103 3201?
Yes.
Yes, when someone asks
to confirm an address,
people normally answer the question
with a yes or no just like you did, right?
- Yes.
- And people confirm an address
when they're planning on a visit
to that place.
Or if they're planning on sending
something to that place.
Would you say that's correct?
I guess so.
But why, if that's the case,
did Baek Seong-u reply to your message,
"Is he alive? Did you check the CCTV?"
They exchanged these text
messages on social media at 11:28 a.m.
YOUR ADDRESS IS UNIT 101,
APARTMENT 1402, RIGHT?
IS HE ALIVE? DID YOU CHECK THE CCTV?
The CCTV footage and the elevator
at the scene was captured at 11:29 a.m.
There are two things that the CCTV footage
and the conversation tell us.
First of all, the person who lured
the murder victim to the crime scene
wasn't Baek Seong-u,
but was in fact Han Ye-eun.
Hey.
Second.
"Is he alive? Did you check the CCTV?"
The reply from Baek Seong-u
indicates that these two
conspired to commit this heinous crime.
Besides, Han Ye-eun lured the victim
into Baek Seong-u's apartment,
but Baek Seong-u took the whole thing
as a joke is hard to understand.
Baek Seong-u's defender,
what do you think?
I'm sure they'll just claim
that the whole thing was accidental.
They can't deny abduction, murder,
mutilation, abandonment
because Baek Seong-u
already confessed all that.
As for Baek Seong-u, he either
conspired or aided in the murder.
As for Han Ye-eun, she committed
either murder or manslaughter.
They'll claim that
they aided in the murder
and committed manslaughter respectively.
Then we need to see
if their claims are founded
or if there are holes
in any of their arguments.
Witness. How do you know Han Ye-eun?
I'm the psychiatrist
who has been assigned to her case.
Actually, I've been Han Ye-eun's doctor
for three years.
What is her condition?
Well, depressive conduct disorder,
neurasthenia,
and persistent delusional disorder.
So in other words, she was diagnosed
with depressive conduct disorder,
neurasthenia and persistent
delusional disorder, Ma'am.
Persistent delusional disorder.
Please elaborate on that.
Well, there are many types
of delusional disorders.
Han Ye-eun's case
was the persecutory type.
In other words,
it was a persecutory delusional disorder.
Persecutory delusional patients
interpret other people's actions
as threats, such as slander,
and harassment,
and respond to them instantly.
Hey, sorry.
Depending on
what their delusions are,
they can have a hard time
trying to control their anger.
Then is it possible
that this case only happened
because of the persecutory
delusional disorder?
Whatever it is,
nothing is 100 percent certain.
Yes, of course, but is it possible?
If you ask if it's possible,
then I would say it is.
That's all, Sir.
We'll resume the trial
after a one-hour recess.
At the rate we're going,
it could go on forever.
Han Ye-eun's attorney
seemed to be quite prepared to claim
that the whole thing was an accident.
WITNESS STAND
Baek Seong-u.
Do you know what that is?
- It's the charger cable for my cell phone.
- Additionally
it's the weapon you used when you
murdered the victim. Is that right?
Yes.
Can you tell us exactly
what happened that day?
Hey.
As I said earlier
I didn't see Han Ye-eun kill that boy
because I was changing my clothes
in another room.
But
How about we try this now?
We'll separate them.
Baek Seong-u and Han Ye-eun
and we'll make them reveal the truth
about each other?
Did you really kill him?
Hey, you crazy bitch! Answer me! Fuck!
Neither of us
has to wind up in jail.
We can both
get out of this.
Are you really saying that
Han Ye-eun started this entire thing?
Yes. Well, she said there's a way.
She removed all of her fingerprints
from the charger cable and put mine on it.
She said she had a plan
and told me to listen to her.
So, who came up with the idea
of mutilating the body?
Baek Seong-u.
He told me to do it.
When I killed the kid
he was so distressed.
So he told me to do it
outside of the bathroom.
He showed me how to chop
a body into pieces
and told me to throw away
all the organs in the trashcan
and the body parts
in the rooftop water tank.
- He threatened me.
- Hey, it was your decision
to dump them in.
They're not to get all on CCTV.
That's all a lie!
She did it all by herself!
It's not a lie!
Outside the bathroom,
you told me how to do it all.
You said you would.
I asked you to turn yourself in,
you said you wanted to!
- When did I say that?
- "When did I say that"?
"When did I say that"? What the fuck!
You're the one who picked that ax!
After you killed him, you were so excited
that you danced. You crazy, fucking bitch.
When did I do that?
That bitch chopped the kid
with an ax and looking at him bleeding,
she danced over his body.
She did all kinds of crazy shit!
Shut up, you son of a bitch!
Fuck, I'll kill you!
Can you please, stop!
Please, stop it now.
Just stop.
Honey.
Honey!
My baby! Ji-hu
Baek Seong-u
and Han Ye-eun voluntary
made a confession,
uh, so it seems useless
to proceed with this trial.
Well, lastly, the victim
Yun Ji-hu's mother.
If you have anything you'd like to say
feel free to go ahead
and address the court
to get it off your chest.
Paranoia?
Schizophrenia?
I'm not interested in any of those.
What matters to me is
What's clear to me is
that my child
shivered with fear
without his mother in a stranger's house
and then was murdered by them.
I still
don't understand at all
why
why my innocent little baby
had to die like that.
Your Honor, I ask you
Please
punish them severely for their crimes
so something like this won't happen again.
Whatever the reason was,
they robbed a human of their life.
I think we should sentence Han Ye-eun
to 20-years, the maximum sentence,
and put Baek Seong-u
on probation level ten,
the highest level of probation possible.
Probation level ten
is two years imprisonment.
What do you think, Judge?
I agree, we should sentence
Han Ye-eun to the 20 years.
And for Seong-u
The court reached a decision.
The offenders targeted
an innocent stranger for murder,
and they treated him
like little more than an object.
And they murdered him
in the most brutal way,
just to take pleasure in killing a child.
Most importantly,
this was a despicable and inhumane crime
that shocked parents
who have children of their own
who are in grade school like the victim.
The court sentences
Han Ye-eun to 20 years in prison
and Baek Seong-u to probation level ten.
No!
- This is wrong.
- Please. Don't, don't do this.
You shouldn't do this, Ye-eun.
- Don't do this! Aah!
- 20 years? Why am I sentenced 20 years?
Let go of me! How dare you
order me around, you evil, fucking bitch!
Let go of me!
Let go of me, you fucking bastard!
- You bastards! I'll kill you all!
- Seong-u. I'll come to visit. Don't worry.
- Let go of me!
- I promise you.
- Let go! I'm innocent!
- Don't worry. Okay?
Let go of me!
Mr. Baek has decided
to appeal the decision.
What is Miss Han going to do?
She doesn't accept the court's decision.
She'll appeal against it.
Does she deny all the charges?
How do you feel now?
Wait! Wait, Ma'am!
This is from the judge.
Hello, Ms. Joo?
Okay, I'll be right there.
I'm sorry. I'm quite behind in my work.
Bye then.
Oh, right.
Oh, and Judge Sim told me
to give it to you. Bye.
Han Ye-eun isn't gonna change
much even after prison time, will she?
Do you think serving time in prison
is really good for such a child?
At least that's the court's rule.
We're only court judges.
We can't change a person's nature,
you know.
I'm just concerned.
She'll serve out her prison time
and become an adult.
And then what?
That's what her parents need to do.
They need to make her realize
the seriousness of what she's done.
Although
there isn't gonna be a next time.
The girl committed
such an unspeakable, unforgivable crime,
but her parents
didn't even go to the trial.
If parents don't make an effort,
their children will never change.
Hey, um can you lend me
your cellphone for a minute?
My mom wants me to call her.
Mom?
MINISTRY OF JUSTICE
Judge Cha!
You said you'd reduce the punishment.
How can you do this to me?
You said you'd reduce the punishment.
You clearly said that.
Introducing a public defender to me.
You said the judges at the juvenile
division aren't our enemies?
Why? Why didn't you release Seong-u?
It's not my son that killed the boy!
No, that wasn't what
Release Seong-u! Release him right now.
You said you'd release him.
Why did you lock him up?
Because the boy was killed in your home.
And your son was there.
And he helped Han Ye-eun
instead of calling the police.
Furthermore, your son
complicated our investigation
and even made a false confession.
The court finds that your son
should bare some responsibility.
Well, Judge Sim
There's an old saying that goes like this,
"The pain of a mother who lost her child
is as severe as an internal
splitting stomachache."
What did you do for Seong-u
when he was nine?
When Ji-hu was nine
Ji-hu's mother
lost her little boy
all because of your son.
Judge Sim.
I didn't mean that.
Well, I I understand why you said that.
And you weren't wrong.
Although
if the guardian were to take your words
the wrong way,
you, as a judge, are the one to blame.
I'll be careful, Ma'am.
I just can never
get used to juvenile cases.
They make me so uncomfortable.
Go home early today. Go get some rest.
And then,
we'll get ready for the next one.
You did a good job.
JI-HU'S BABY BOOK
Aren't you going to go?
I wish I had written this steadily.
I wish I had written in it every day.
Wow! Is this for me?
Do you like it? That's from Ji-hu.
Say thank you to her.
Thank you.
Where's Ji-hu?
I should say thank you to him too.
What are you going to say to Ji-hu?
"Thank you, Ji-hu."
I wanted to give him a hug so much,
but I couldn't.
I'm so grateful to you.
Thank you for welcoming the toy.
Yeah, I'm just so grateful.
WHEN SEONG-U LOST HIS BABY TEETH
SEONG-U'S TALENT SHOW
What did you do for Seong-u
when he was nine?
When Ji-hu was nine,
Ji-hu's mother lost her little boy
all because of your son.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I'm the one to blame.
It's
It's all my fault. I'm sorry.
I just can never
get used to juvenile cases.
They make me so uncomfortable.
Young offenders are the ones
who get punished.
But sometimes, other people
have to bear the crosses.
Honey.
Honey.
Honey.
"Did we succeed in meeting out
proper punishment today?
Did the punishment
give the victim a sense of closure?
Does the offender feel regret?"
It's over for now
GED EXAM QUESTIONS
but it's never really over.
That's the work we do.
COURT OF KOREA
THE CHARACTERS AND EVENTS DEPICTED
IN THE SHOW ARE FICTITIOUS