Comments on: Park Jie-won gets what he deserves http://www.rjkoehler.com/2003/12/13/park-jie-won-gets-what-he-deserves/ Korea... in Blog Format Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:29:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: angus http://www.rjkoehler.com/2003/12/13/park-jie-won-gets-what-he-deserves/#comment-1015 angus Sun, 14 Dec 2003 18:47:13 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=365#comment-1015 i agree with kevin. the expectation that this guy will actually do the full time is unreasonable. call me a cynic but the annual presidential pardon season is coming up in march. it wouldn't suprise me to see this guy sprung on account of his contributions to reunification of the motherland and his, hmmm, "sense of historic mission." i agree with kevin. the expectation that this guy will actually do the full time is unreasonable. call me a cynic but the annual presidential pardon season is coming up in march. it wouldn’t suprise me to see this guy sprung on account of his contributions to reunification of the motherland and his, hmmm, “sense of historic mission.”

]]> By: Gerry Bevers http://www.rjkoehler.com/2003/12/13/park-jie-won-gets-what-he-deserves/#comment-1014 Gerry Bevers Sun, 14 Dec 2003 10:33:13 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=365#comment-1014 Twelve years seems like a lot of time for someone found guilty of bribery, especially since a Korean man was sentenced in July to only four years in prison for killing his Filipina wife in front of their child and then throwing her dead body off the balcony of their high-rise apartment to try to make it look like a suicide. In the bribery case, the judge said he denied Mr. Park leniency because he "showed no remorse and has steadfastly denied the allegations against him." Isn't this a Catch-22? How can you show remorse when you are pleading your innocence? Mr. Park may have committed the crime of which he was found guilty, but imagine if an innocent person is charged and convicted of a crime. Is it right for people to be given more punishment if they continue to insist on their innocence after they are found guilty by the court? Twelve years seems like a lot of time for someone found guilty of bribery, especially since a Korean man was sentenced in July to only four years in prison for killing his Filipina wife in front of their child and then throwing her dead body off the balcony of their high-rise apartment to try to make it look like a suicide.

In the bribery case, the judge said he denied Mr. Park leniency because he “showed no remorse and has steadfastly denied the allegations against him.” Isn’t this a Catch-22? How can you show remorse when you are pleading your innocence?

Mr. Park may have committed the crime of which he was found guilty, but imagine if an innocent person is charged and convicted of a crime. Is it right for people to be given more punishment if they continue to insist on their innocence after they are found guilty by the court?

]]> By: Brian http://www.rjkoehler.com/2003/12/13/park-jie-won-gets-what-he-deserves/#comment-1013 Brian Sun, 14 Dec 2003 08:08:48 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=365#comment-1013 He'll be let go within a year by Roh, citing "national reconciliation" or some such drivel. He’ll be let go within a year by Roh, citing “national reconciliation” or some such drivel.

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