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(Episode 23)

I will address you as a witness.

Mr. Sah, have you heard that Choi Kyung Ho...

wasn't the real murderer?

- Yes. - From whom did you hear it?

I heard it from Mr. Do Han Joon.

What is your relationship with Mr. Do?

We are close friends who grew up together.

On what ground did Mr. Do tell you Choi Kyung Ho wasn't the murderer?

He told me that the person who can prove Choi Kyung Ho's innocence...

is himself.

Why did Mr. Do...

tell you that he can prove Choi Kyung Ho's innocence?

The conversation...

is recorded on my phone.

I will submit the recording with the transcript as evidence.

Are you really going to do that?

To get the retrial approved, this is the best card we have,

don't you think so?

Tell me what you're going to testify...

on the stand.

Go ahead.

(Voice Recording)

Your Honor,

can we listen to the recording here?

Yes, let's listen to it.

Can we take this time to ask Mr. Do...

for his understanding of the recording...

and then listen to it?

Mr. Do,

may we listen to the recording?

Yes.

Choi Kyung Ho really believed that I was the real murderer...

even until his death.

You saw him at court that day.

He looked right at me when he told the real murderer was at large.

Did you talk with Choi Kyung Ho yourself?

Yes, I went to visit him.

The first thing he said when he saw me was,

"You hid behind your daddy back in the days,"

"but you're finally here now." That's what he said.

That means...

Yes.

Choi Kyung Ho thought that I committed the act...

and Assemblyman Do covered it up to make my crime go away.

What's important here...

is that Choi Kyung Ho and Assemblyman Do made a deal.

Hold on.

Does Mr. Do...

explain details of the deal between Assemblyman Do and Choi Kyung Ho?

No, he does not.

I know the details of the deal.

I heard that Assemblyman Do was to pay for my mom's surgery...

and pay off the debts from loan sharks.

Continue the recording, please.

Without concrete evidence, only that wouldn't be enough.

It's not just that.

That night,

Do Jin Myung drove my car, the 1371 car,

and he scrapped it the day after.

Do you have proof that your father drove the 1371 car?

- There's a witness. - Who?

My mom, Yoo Myung Hee.

Let's organize the facts.

On the night of the incident,

it was her wedding anniversary with Do Jin Myung.

They got into a fight,

and he drove my car, wasted, to the cottage.

Something must have happened at the cottage,

since he scrapped my car the day after.

Do Jin Myung asked my mom...

to lie for him and be his alibi.

Those are the facts.

I can't understand something. Professor Yoo Myung Hee...

isn't the type to lie about being his alibi, even for her husband.

No.

She'd never do that,

but she'd be beat up if she didn't.

You don't plan to tell this too, do you?

I do.

- Han Joon. - Because the law...

forbids me from talking about Do Jin Myung being the killer,

I'll expose his domestic abuse,

save my mom,

and disqualify him from the presidential election.

We must strip him of his power...

to make him stand trial.

What about you?

Even if I get taunted for being immoral,

I can't let my mom be physically abused anymore.

Isn't this more-than-enough new evidence to prove...

Choi Kyung Ho innocent?

If they still don't grant a retrial after I do this,

then it's really ridiculous.

Unless the judges are out of their minds...

This is the end of the recording I'd like to submit.

The judges are in our right minds,

and we will not lose our minds going forward, so don't worry.

Do you have any further questions?

Yes.

Do you know Do Jin Myung, who is mentioned in the recording...

as the father of Do Han Joon, very well?

Yes.

What do you usually call Assemblyman Do Jin Myung?

I call him "Mister D."

I try to call him "Assemblyman Do,"

but he insists I call him "Mister D."

Does he do that only to you?

I don't think so,

but it is just my speculation.

No more questions.

If there aren't any more evidence or statements to submit,

we will conclude the questioning now.

I knew you'd refuse to stay out of it.

But I couldn't have you talk about your father in court yourself.

So? You two conspired together?

It wasn't conspiracy. It was cooperation.

- To be considerate of you. - "Considerate"...

But why do I feel so cruddy?

Drink this.

If that's how you feel,

I'm sorry.

After conflicting with my dad lately,

I got a glimpse...

of how hard it was for you, and how torturous it was...

Yes, it was torture.

That's why you shouldn't have pushed me away.

I endured bone-grinding pain to betray my father.

Shouldn't you have let me say why I had no choice but to do that?

And if you really were considerate of me,

you shouldn't have sympathized, but empathized with me.

Han Joon.

Thanks for the drink.

Han Joon.

I'll go.

Do you remember...

coming here with our dads...

when we were in elementary school?

My dad read a book on the side,

but your dad always ran around and played with us.

If we fought,

and I said it was your fault,

my dad said he had to listen to both sides of the story,

but your dad always said his son couldn't have done anything wrong.

What do you want to say?

In my memory, your dad...

was a good father at least to you.

Let's take a walk.

You asked what I wanted to say.

(Contact List, Sah Eui Hyun)

(Sah Eui Hyun)

(Contact List, Han Joon)

Take it.

It's okay. Talk.

Think again about why...

you became to hate your dad.

Especially if it's because of your mom.

What do you mean?

From what I know of Professor Yoo,

she wouldn't let her husband beat her.

I was shocked when I first heard that from you,

but once I was able to think with a clear head, I thought...

maybe there was something you didn't know.

- There's no such thing. - Don't by hasty.

There's more than meets the eye.

So, the chief justice...

is very uncomfortable about two consecutive retrials...

in which the defendant is found not guilty?

That's right. He appeared very uncomfortable with it.

Well, it looked like he met alone with the head chief judge.

I think...

they'll be very strict with Choi Kyung Ho's retrial.

And they should. They should.

Having a retrial requested in itself...

is an insult to their reputation.

Hi, Mr. Jin. Did you find out?

Eui Hyun?

Excuse me. Yes, and?

Eui Hyun submitted a recording?

What was it about?

What?

Son.

Hi, Mom.

So? Eui Hyun ended up testifying instead of you?

Yes.

They say they cooperated to be considerate of me.

My son has great friends.

I wanted to prevent you from stabbing your father in the back.

Eui Hyun and Jung Joo did that for me.

Mom.

Yes? What is it?

You were mentioned in the recording...

that was submitted today.

Assemblyman Do Jin Myung's domestic violence.

I talked about that.

I just wanted to give you a heads-up.

You made a mistake.

How?

Your father didn't hit me.

He didn't?

Then what are the bruises on your body?

What are they?

Whenever you got a new bruise,

you always cooked sujebi. Why did you do that then?

Then what are the marks I saw?

I told you that...

things are never what they seem.

"Things are not what they seem"?

My gosh, Eui Hyun told me the same thing today.

What else do I need to see?

Mom, tell me.

You will see it soon enough.

What?

Just wait a bit longer.

("Allegations of Assemblyman Do's Domestic Violence")

("Domestic Violence in Assemblyman Do's Marriage")

Darn it.

Say those allegations are unfounded and we won't even address it.

Tell them if they don't take down the articles,

we will sue them for defamation of disseminating false information.

This is...

false information, right?

Yes, how many times must I tell you?

Then why don't you get Professor Yoo and reporters...

to hold a press conference and tell them it's not true?

Hey, why would I make this into bigger news?

This is all because of your son,

so you'd better handle it.

If it's not true,

I'll get the articles removed,

so don't get too worked up.

I'll hang up now.

What on earth have you done?

Why did you take the stand?

And the recording?

You didn't even check the facts. That's not like you.

"Check the facts"?

Assemblyman Do swore an oath, but lied throughout the questioning.

Checking the facts is meaningless.

I bet he's not even telling you, his attorney, the truth.

However, Han Joon...

was never dishonest with me even for a moment.

So...

are you saying you're going to point a sword at your dad just like him?

Dad, is that how you see what Han Joon is doing to his father?

From what I see,

the sword is piercing Han Joon's heart.

Relay a message to Assemblyman Do.

He must think about how devastated Han Joon is and tell the truth.

That's how he can save Han Joon from his misery.

Darn it!

I'm sorry...

about this.

If you want,

I'll hold a press conference and tell them it's not true.

I can hold the conference even tomorrow...

Yoo Myung Hee.

Even if I'm obsessed with becoming the president,

I will not make you go through such humiliation.

Just don't try to prove Choi Kyung Ho's innocence.

Let's say I agree...

that you made an incorrect ruling,

but look at Jung Do.

After making an incorrect ruling with Jang Soon Bok's case,

he took it as a fate that comes with the judgeship...

and handled it like a pro.

Mr. Do Jin Myung.

I know.

I know that you cannot stand...

to be wrong given your disposition.

You know?

What do you know?

I know you very well.

No.

You don't know why I forfeited my judgeship.

That's...

I wanted to live my life only as a judge.

The moment I put on my robe before my trials...

was the happiest moment of my life.

That's how I felt!

But do you know how I felt when I took off my robe...

and walked out of the courthouse? Do you?

Then are you saying...

that your resignation...

has to do something with Choi Kyung Ho?

I told you.

When I followed you to the cottage,

I called you.

If only I hadn't called...

Next up is Kim Joo Hyung's case of rape, injury by hostage, and murder.

Is the testimony of a witness enough for us...

to acknowledge the injury on the victim's neck?

Yes, right after the incident,

based on the testimony that there was blood on her neck,

we can consider it as an injury.

Regarding the murder,

Judge Jung and I have different opinions.

Kim Joo Hyung claims that he was non compos mentis.

"Non compos mentis"?

Yes.

Goodness, is he joking?

Non compos mentis.

That's not a card everyone can play.

He was diagnosed with schizophrenia and was treated when he was young.

Is that so?

Anyway,

let's think about his case a bit further.

Let's talk about Choi Kyung Ho's petition for retrial.

Okay.

A retrial petition of a murder case for criminal judicial panel, 201725.

Taken Mr. Seo Yang Soo and Mr. Sah Eui Hyun's testimonies,

the recorded conversation between Mr. Sah and Mr. Do Han Joon,

and the recording of Mr. Do's visit to Mr. Choi Kyung Ho...

Ga Young called Kyung Ho...

by his first name.

I call him "Mister D."

Choi Kyung Ho believed Do Han Joon was the real murderer in the tape.

According to Clause 5, Article 420 of Criminal Procedure Code,

it is clear that we must interpret these discoveries,

as new pieces of evidence that will prove his innocence.

So we, associate judges, agreed upon a decision.

What is your decision?

A bail hearing for case number 201756.

As the commissioned judge of the 73rd Criminal Judicial Panel,

I will lead the hearing regarding the defendant's bail.

This case regards...

to the care taking of the husband who has been sustaining his life...

through a respirator in the ICU for five months.

Unable to take care of her daughter, who is suffering from brain tumor,

and her mother-in-law, who is suffering dementia,

she murdered her husband by removing the respirator although it didn't...

meet requirements of the medical regulation about the maintenance.

Therefore, the prosecution charges first-degree murder...

according to Clause 1, Article 250 of Criminal Law.

How do you plead for the charge?

I plead guilty.

I have committed a grave sin.

I deserve to die.

(Present)

State your reasons for her bail.

The defendant will accept any punishment.

The chief motive of her act...

was because of her young daughter, who is suffering from brain tumor.

But her mother-in-law, who was taking care of her, passed away.

There's no one, but her...

to take care of her sick daughter.

So we filed a motion for her bail.

Prosecution, you may state argument for her bail.

I do sympathize for the defendant,

but she has a risk of fleeing as her sentence has already been specified,

I ask that you deny their motion.

(The bound of the sentence has been already set.)

Before your husband got in the car accident,

did your husband agree that when he is in an unrecoverable state,

you will not prolong the treatment for the sake of your family?

Yes.

We did agree upon that,

but once it actually happened,

I just couldn't do it.

But as my daughter got brain tumor...

along with the hospital and caretaker costs,

I was just overwhelmed, so I...

Counsel.

In compliance with the euthanasia law,

did you obtain a prognosis from a doctor...

that the patient faced imminent death and had no chance of recovery?

After one month's treatment, his doctor said...

that it was actually a process leading toward death,

but didn't want to give a prognosis.

He had said he probably wouldn't last a month after the accident,

but as the months passed, one by one,

it took a toll on my client, and she fell into despair.

That is why she did what she did.

Does the defendant have no family or relatives?

I do, but they might as well not exist.

They are all struggling to stay alive.

And my daughter...

is sick and needs hospital care.

So please...

please help my child...

Please help...

my child.

Is your daughter nine years old? She's in the second grade?

Yes.

Thank you.

I'm terribly sorry.

The daughter doesn't know she's being detained, correct?

Yes. She thinks she went out of town to make money.

I see.

Yes?

Do you know where Judge Lee is?

I don't know. She isn't here.

Did she go to the restroom?

I need to go to the general affairs office to take care of something.

I'm sorry, but...

would you give this to her?

Sure.

(Seoul Central District Court)

Judge Lee.

- I think it finally came. - What did?

Would you open it for me?

(Seoul Central District Court)

(Petitioner: Lee Jung Joo)

"Case number 201725."

"Murder suspect, Choi Kyung Ho."

"Petitioner, Lee Jung Joo."

"Order of the court."

"The petition for retrial..."

"is hereby..."

(The petition for retrial is hereby granted.)

"granted."

It isn't over yet.

It's just the beginning.