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Doesn't my presence lighten up the mood here?

You should treat us to a meal.

I'm the only lady here.

Sure, you are.

The transfer of department does show quite visibly.

Chief Choi is eating alone after he was sent back...

to Individual Criminal Department from Criminal Judicial Panel.

Shouldn't you join him for lunch?

Don't mind him.

He's probably happy that he gets to eat without associate judges.

Don't you think Judge Yoon has gotten smug and arrogant...

after she was transferred to the head chief's panel?

The Bunker and Bunkee of our court have paired up.

I think they will be enough entertainment for the time being.

Chief Choi was on the road of becoming a chief at a High Court,

but why was he sent back?

There are a lot of cases at Individual Criminal Department.

Do you remember how individual judges worked over weekends?

To increase efficiency of the court,

the transfer was the right adjustment.

All rise.

(Myung Soo Jin's Fraud 1st Trial)

Please be seated.

"Myung Soo Jin"?

Myung Soo Jin?

Wait. Myung Soo Jin as in...

my first crush.

We will now begin...

the 98th Individual Criminal Department's afternoon trial...

for the case number 20171377.

The prosecution may bring up the charge committed.

The victim, Lee Yun Soon, borrowed a designer handbag...

that's estimated to be 5,000 dollars in 2006 from Myung Soo Jin,

but the victim lost the handbag.

The victim purchased the same bag and returned it to the defendant.

However, the bag she lent her was a counterfeit.

She knew the victim bought her an authentic bag.

Notwithstanding her duty...

to alert the victim of the mistake,

she took the authentic bag that the victim gave her,

and defrauded her.

(Defraud: Illegally obtain by deception)

De... Defendant...

Did... Did you... Receive the arraignment?

What's wrong with him? Why is he stuttering?

I know.

He looks pathetic.

Defendant.

Please state your position.

The defendant denies the charges.

The defendant believed the bag she received from the victim...

was the bag she had lent her.

Thus, she could not have defrauded...

the victim.

Defendant.

Are you...

married?

Why is he asking that?

What's wrong with him?

Is he sick?

No.

Why are you asking that?

(PO Box)

(Kim Joo Hyung, not self-defense. Murder Lee Jung Joo)

(Kim Joo Hyung, not self-defense. Murder Lee Jung Joo)

(Murder Lee Jung Joo)

Hey. Come here.

My best friend.

Why aren't you here yet? I need to tell you something.

- What is it? - What?

Oh, you're here. Sit down.

Bring... Bring him a glass.

I'll have a club soda.

Talk.

About what?

That' right. I have something to tell you.

Make it quick. I can't stay long.

Fine.

Don't be like that to me.

I feel...

I wish I could just spill it all, but...

You were the only person I could think of.

Do you remember?

When we were in college,

we sat in on a criminal case, and had to write...

a guilty and a not-guilty decision.

Remember that?

(10 years ago)

How is the Choi Kyung Ho rape and murder trial decision going?

I know it's an assignment, but it's hard making him not guilty,

when he's clearly guilty.

Hey. Let's swap. I'll make him not guilty.

You'll write the not-guilty decision? Why?

I just want to.

What do you mean? Tell me why.

I'll tell you someday, far into the future.

Did you make evidence to clear him?

Naturally. Hear me out.

The conclusive evidence, the DNA, was fabricated.

Choi Kyung Ho was framed voluntarily.

The real killer is elsewhere.

The real killer is a real scumbag...

who can buy people and fabricate evidence as he wants.

We find that scumbag and torture him,

and put everything back to where they belong.

What do you think?

Isn't that perfect evidence to find him not guilty?

I think I'm more fit to be a prosecutor.

Let's swap, okay?

- Okay? - Get lost.

Eui Hyun.

You remember that evidence to find the defendant not guilty?

Stop drinking.

What do I do?

It wasn't my imagination. It was reality.

What is this?

(Kim Joo Hyung, not self-defense. Murder Lee Jung Joo)

The Knucklehead Prosecutor...

usually doesn't get fazed by most threats,

but this made me shake in my boots. It really scared me.

Who sent it?

Who do you think?

Someone who shudders at the mention of Choi Kyung Ho and Lee Jung Joo.

I gave that person Kim Ga Young's sneakers.

My father, Assemblyman Do Jin Myung.

(Jung Joo)

(I haven't been able to reach you lately.)

I haven't been able to reach you lately.

If you're not sleeping, can we meet for a bit?

Why did he drink so much?

Put him down.

I'll put him on his bed.

He doesn't deserve it.

Let him sober up here and walk to his room.

I think it'll take a while for him to sober up.

Please put a blanket on him.

Eui Hyun.

Is something going on with Han Joon?

I think you should hear it from him.

If I could hear it from him,

I wouldn't have asked you,

knowing it makes you uncomfortable.

Good night.

I can't wait any longer.

I respect associate judges' opinions more than any chief judge out there.

I even get on the head chief's bad side...

It's true that you've been blackballed while protecting her.

Right.

Judge Lee.

Why don't you forfeit Jang Soon Bok's retrial?

We need to at least prevent the trial...

so that our chief will stop being hated by the head chief.

I'll do that.

Do you mean it?

Yes. I don't think it's something I should be stubborn about anymore.

Hello, sir.

We've agreed to deny Jang Soon Bok's retrial.

Hello, Detective Jang.

Did you know that Choi Kang Ho died?

I'm going to stop my investigation now.

Don't look for me again.

Who was that?

The son of some powerful man.

Hey, I thought this time... Wait. Darn.

(Arraignment: Prosecutor Do Han Joon raises the following charges.)

(Defendant: Kim Joo Hyung, Charge: Manslaughter)

Congratulations on the election.

You are the most powerful politician both in name and reality.

All you have left to do is claim your throne.

My gosh, you certainly don't talk like a judge.

It's too early to be celebrating.

I heard the petition for Jang Soon Bok's retrial is dismissed.

The chief judge of the panel is inadequate.

It should've been dismissed sooner.

I'm glad that it was dismissed even if it took long.

Lee Jung Joo must have come to her sense...

now that his brother is dead.

It seems she's going to file a petition for her brother's retrial.

Her brother? You mean Choi Kyung Ho?

She's going to file a petition for his retrial?

(Defendant: Kim Joo Hyung)

Judge Sah, Judge Lee is here to see you.

What is it regarding?

Our judicial panel decided that...

we will dismiss the petition for Jang Soon Bok's retrial.

Is there a reason that I should be informed about that?

Regardless of the decision your judicial panel came upon,

I believe your panel's decision mustn't and cannot...

affect my decision.

Yes, you're right, but...

Judge Lee, have some juice.

Please go out, and drink your juice.

What's up with him?

I looked at the cases he was assigned today.

Judge Sah was assigned with Kyung Ho's case.

He drew a line and put distance to me too.

Now, I get why everyone calls him the most impartial judge.

I'm really glad that...

the case wasn't concluded as self-defense.

Prosecutor Do Han Joon charged him with manslaughter.

(Manslaughter: Crime of killing a man unintentionally)

(Court)

We will now begin Defendant Kim Joo Hyung's trial,

case number 2017330, for manslaughter.

Defendant, you and I have met...

in a courtroom for another case.

- Yes. - If you believe that...

due to the history, I may not give you a fair trial,

do you wish to file a motion substitute with your counsel?

No, Your Honor. We are aware of your fairness and impartiality.

We do not have any intention of filing for a motion.

If so, Defendant,

sit properly,

and participate in the trial with your utmost attention.

The defendant can refuse to answer questions...

that may be used against you.

This trial's issue of the law is self-defense.

Self-defense is...

neither retaliation nor preparation for violation in the past or future.

Self-defense must be applied to the violation in the present only.

Furthermore, the defendant cannot be aggressive in his defense.

It must be carried out solely to protect oneself from violence.

The act of self-defense must be socially acceptable.

In other words, the people must acknowledge the reason of the act.

Prosecution and the defendant's counsel must base arguments on this.

I'd appreciate if you can argue with the law, not emotions.

- Yes, Your Honor. - Yes, Your Honor.

First, we'll review the prosecution's submitted evidence.

Let's take a look at the footage I submitted as evidence.

As you can see in the video, the defendant...

followed the victim, Choi Kyung Ho, to the bathroom.

Objection, Your Honor.

The prosecutor used the phrase that the defendant followed the victim.

He's claiming that the defendant predetermined the act,

but it is contrary to what happened.

(Witness Statement)

According to the statement of the corrections officer in charge,

the defendant already went to the bathroom 10 minutes ago.

There are times I need to constantly pee.

Defendant.

So what is your point?

If the defendant went to the bathroom for no specific reason,

this is considered as an intent to murder Choi Kyung Ho.

And it wanes down the contingency of self-defense.

Objection.

Prosecutor Do, you must provide us the facts, not your conjectures.

Yes, Your Honor. Let me continue.

(Surveillance Footage of Submitted Evidence)

Please pay attention to this part.

Choi Kyung Ho grabbed the victim's collar, but he stopped his attack.

With this clip, Choi Kyung Ho had stopped his attack completely.

If this was self-defense, the whole incident must've stopped here.

However, it seems the defendant is trying to shake off Choi Kyung Ho.

The defendant attacked the victim one more time.

Ergo, every action after this point on...

must be considered excessive defense.

Objection.

There are many ways to interpret the footage.

How can we be sure that Choi Kyung Ho stopped his attack...

from a surveillance footage with bad quality?

Please play the video one more time.

Sure.

(Surveillance Footage of Submitted Evidence)

(Surveillance Footage of Submitted Evidence)

Sustained. This does open up for other interpretations.

Your Honor, I request to examine a witness.

I'd like to request a corrections officer as a witness who observed...

Choi Kyung Ho and Kim Joo Hyung up close.

Yes, I will allow it. Witness, please step forward.

I solemnly swear I will tell the truth, the whole truth,

and nothing but the truth.

I affirm that I will face penalties of perjury if I falsely testify.

Witness Park Jin Ho.

After Choi Kyung Ho assaulted the defendant,

did the defendant avoid Choi Kyung Ho out of fear?

No.

Kim Joo Hyung approached Choi Kyung Ho first and talked to him.

Why did the defendant approach Choi Kyung Ho if he felt...

his life was in danger?

This is all, Your Honor.

Would you like to cross-examine the witness?

Yes, Your Honor.

All right, Mr. Park.

Didn't you witness Choi Kyung Ho trying...

to assault Kim Joo Hyung in prison?

Well, didn't he ask the defendant to murder someone?

Sorry?

This jerk asked me to kill someone.

I don't do murders.

Yes, he did.

He did ask the defendant to murder someone.

He could have been sent to the solitary cell, but he wasn't...

because he was a model inmate.

I see.

Choi Kyung Ho constantly approached...

Kim Joo Hyung with malice aforethought in prison.

Direct your attention to the screen.

He used the sharpened toothbrush...

as his weapon on the day of the incident.

Choi Kyung Ho's DNA and fingerprints were detected...

from the toothbrush.

This proves Choi Kyung Ho's intent to kill Kim Joo Hyung.

This is definite evidence.

Kim Joo Hyung...

only acted in order to protect and escape from danger of being killed.

Therefore, this concludes he acted out of self-defense.

This is all, Your Honor.

After Choi Kyung Ho's death,

where was Kim Joo Hyung, the defendant?

Since he caused trouble, he was imprisoned in the solitary cell.

I see.

Did you want to see me?

Yes. I'd like to review the evidence.

So I think I should check the prison...

where Kim Joo Hyung killed Choi Kyung Ho.

The scene of the crime?

You've lost so much weight.

Professor.

I need to know what's making it so hard on you, that you keep...

ignoring me.

Tell me.

I really didn't want to believe it either, but...

I really didn't want to have to tell you this.

What is it?

My brother's case 10 years ago.

That decision...

that you made was incorrect,

and I think...

it was because of your son.

Hey, judge.

You're incredible.

Most judges don't go to the scene of the crime.

What about prosecutors?

Only in dramas and stuff.

Prosecutors usually don't go either.

But you're going, so naturally, I should go.

Don't act close.

I'm going as the judge for Kim Joo Hyung's case,

and you're the prosecutor.

Why would I act close to you?

We're already close.

We will now verify the events of case no. 2017GO334...

at the scene of the crime.

The prosecution and defense are both present.

Okay, please explain what happened.

Okay.

Choi Kyung Ho...

approached the defendant Kim Joo Hyung...

with his sharpened toothbrush as a weapon,

and threatened the defendant's life.

Where did you say Choi Kyung Ho's toothbrush was found?

Was it around here?

Right when Choi Kyung Ho grabbed the defendant to stab him,

he dropped the toothbrush?

Let's discuss Choi Kyung Ho's intent to kill, which defense asserts.

You said his sharpening his toothbrush into a weapon...

supports your assertion that he intended to kill?

If he planned for that long to kill him,

didn't he drop the weapon way too easily?

Or perhaps he didn't have an intent to kill,

enough to drop the weapon easily.

Lee Jung Joo.

The court will make the decision.

You are the victim's family.

Just point us to what we should see.

Fine, I'll do that.

Then let's go over there.

Choi Kyung Ho died...

Where exactly was it?

Here.

Defendant.

Where did you push Choi Kyung Ho?

Here.

What?

It was here.

Was it?

Defendant.

Please cooperate with the investigation.

(Penitentiary)

For five hours after the incident,

Kim Joo Hyung did not use the bathroom.

That's correct, since he was locked in solitary confinement.

Defense.

Immediately prior to the prison transport departing the prison,

the defendant had to use the bathroom.

You stressed that point. Is that correct?

Yes, it is.

According to the surveillance videos of immediately after the incident,

the defendant...

did not leave his cell in solitary confinement for five hours.

Please explain.

Pardon?

The defendant claimed he needed to use the bathroom.

But that assertion seems to lack credibility.

I see.

Prosecution. During the past trial,

you submitted Choi Kyung Ho's autopsy report.

Was there anything notable?

Yes. At the time,

the muscle in Choi Kyung Ho's right wrist was ruptured.

Medically, if the muscle in his right wrist was ruptured,

he would lack the strength to grab anything with force.

I submit a doctor's opinion stating such.

But it is true that he strangled the defendant.

All right.

For someone being strangled by a person with a ruptured muscle,

the defendant's reaction seen in the video...

appears to be excessive.

The court asked National Institute of Scientific Investigation...

to review the material, and according to the criminologist...

who reviewed the material,

the defendant's reaction in the video...

was contrary to those who commit a spontaneous crime.

Prosecution. Defense.

In most situations,

if one tries to block someone else's attack,

and that person falls and starts to bleed,

what would that person do?

If you watch the video,

the defendant and Choi Kyung Ho were in a scuffle...

at 1:14pm.

Choi Kyung Ho fell at 1:16pm, according to the video.

For about three minutes thereafter,

the defendant did not move much at all.

He did not even call the guards.

Based on this judge's personal visit to the scene of the crime,

the guards were not very far from the scene of the crime.

Moreover, based on the expert's opinion,

in the event of self-defense,

most assailants move and take action...

within 30 seconds of the incident.

Based on the circumstances that we've seen thus far,

the defendant's assertion of self-defense is not convincing.

Prosecution. Do you have anything to say?

Prosecution asserts...

that this incident was definitely not self-defense.

His actions...

appear to have been intentional and not by mistake.

Thus, this case...

was that of intentional murder,

and thus,

I will revise the indictment to charge the defendant of murder.

Your Honor.

The prosecutor is trying to dictate the case on his own will...

without any evidence to support him.

Prosecution will submit a revised indictment.

Yes, Your Honor.

The defendant may prepare for trial according to the revised indictment.

The next trial date is one week from now.

This concludes today's trial.

Why are you out in the cold?

Thank you.

Thanks to you,

my brother wasn't framed for murder twice.

I only did my job.

Han Joon did all the work.

Do you still suspect him?

I'm sure Han Joon...

wanted to protect Choi Kyung Ho for your sake.

He was being suspected of being the real killer,

but he couldn't tell you the truth...

Now, do you understand why I couldn't tell her?

It may put Jung Joo in danger.

That...

That's what I fear the most in the world.

It was in case you'd be put in danger.

There's something even the Knucklehead Prosecutor fears.

Put in danger?

He received a threat...

that if Kim Joo Hyung isn't found...

not guilty for self-defense, you'd be killed.

A threat? From whom?

Han Joon thinks it's someone so powerful,

that even Choi Kyung Ho was mistaken about who the real killer was.

Just who...

It may get more dangerous for you if you found out,

which is why he couldn't tell you.

Hello?

Yong Soo?

Where's Kim Ga Young's sneaker? You didn't return it yet?

I don't have it anymore.

You remember this, don't you?