Appeals Court Increases Sentence on ex-President Yoon to 7-Years Over Obstruction of Justice Case
This is an example of why I believe the only way Yoon will ever get out of prison is if a conservative President takes power again to pardon him. The Korean left is just going to keep finding ways to bury him with prison sentences to where he will likely never get out. For whatever reason it seems like they hate him more than former President Park Geun-hye:
An appeals court on Wednesday increased the sentence for former President Yoon Suk Yeol from five years to seven years in prison on obstruction of justice and other charges stemming from his failed martial law bid.
The Seoul High Court handed down the heavier punishment in a live-televised ruling, finding the ousted former president guilty of obstructing investigators from detaining him last year over his short-lived imposition of martial law in late 2024.
Special counsel Cho Eun-suk’s team had sought a 10-year prison term for Yoon.
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