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(Episode 25)

Ask your questions.

You said...

there was...

something you had to say on the stand, correct?

Yes.

What was that?

Please tell us.

Proof that Choi Kyung Ho was innocent.

Kim Ga Young's underwear, in which Choi Kyung Ho's DNA was found,

was fabricated.

Can you prove it?

Yes.

This...

is the underwear...

that Kim Ga Young wore on the day of the incident.

And this...

This is the DNA test report of the sample...

(National Forensic Service, DNA Test Report)

found from the real underwear.

Whose DNA was found on that underwear?

Kim Ga Young's...

and Do Jin Myung's.

If necessary,

I will submit it as evidence.

Chief, we must accept the evidence based on our authority.

Okay.

I agree.

If there are no further questions from both parties,

we will accept the evidence based on our authority.

Ms. Yoo, how did you acquire this evidence?

The evidence...

Your Honor.

I...

hid the evidence...

and had it kept.

I hid and kept the evidence in secret,

but she must have found it.

We will take a brief recess.

Professor Yoo, is your testimony true?

Please share a word.

Why have you been keeping the evidence all this time?

Excuse me. We will release a statement later.

Please wait until then.

Do you admit that your ruling of Choi Kyung Ho's case 10 years ago...

was incorrect?

- Did Mr. Do physically abuse you? - Why don't you stop there?

Are you going to miss Assemblyman Do's testimony?

Assemblyman Do, you may come out front and swear an oath.

Given the attention of the case, if there are no objections,

the panel would like to question the witness first.

Mr. Do,

so is it true...

that you hid and kept the evidence in secret 10 years ago?

Yes.

Does it also mean that you admit that you had raped...

and murdered the victim, Kim Ga Young?

To be honest,

I can't remember what happened.

- What? He can't remember the night? - Is he serious?

How could he not remember it?

I'm serious. I really can't remember it.

What can't you remember?

This is all because of you, jerk.

Hey, try to make sense, okay?

You know it too well.

After Myung Hee and I got married like that,

she never drinks with me.

But 10 years ago,

on the day of our wedding anniversary,

she still drank with you.

She said it was a work get-together.

So I thought she'd drink with me too,

but she'd never take even a sip with me.

So after having a big argument about that,

I drove Han Joon's car to the cottage...

while I was intoxicated.

But I didn't know that Myung Hee followed me to the cottage.

So what did she see?

I don't know what she had seen,

but she told me that she called me.

And then?

But she told me that Kim Ga Young answered my phone.

Kim Ga Young did that?

Myung Hee said that she asked Myung Hee to save her.

Then did you really...

But I can't remember anything.

- Hey, Jin Myung! - Hey, I'm serious.

I really can't remember anything.

Jung Do.

This is driving me crazy too.

Silence. Silence in the courtroom.

You say you hid the evidence,

but you don't remember.

Does that make sense to you?

It's true.

I was too drunk that night.

Once I awoke,

that piece of evidence was in front of me.

If either side has a question, you may ask.

I'll question him.

Why did you keep that piece of evidence...

instead of getting rid of it?

Because...

(Courthouse)

The defendant is sentenced to 20 years in prison.

If you disagree with the judgment,

you may submit a petition to appeal...

with this court within one week from today.

You may submit the petition...

to this court or the office manager of the prison.

(Courthouse)

- He's here. - He's here.

- Please give us a statement. - Just a moment.

I apologize for causing concern to the great people of this nation.

Do you admit to raping and murdering your caretaker's daughter?

We will...

give our official statement at a press conference later on.

Please look this way!

Please look this way!

It must be hard for you too.

You don't have to say anything.

Han Joon.

Let me just sit here for a while.

I should go see my mom in a little bit.

If I could only turn back time...

It was my first trial...

to have my son and you,

who are like a son to me, watch me make a verdict.

(Courthouse)

It will remain as the most heartbreaking trial to me as well.

You were hiding that underwear?

Are you kidding me?

Tell me the truth. What happened?

You would never...

Was it Myung Hee?

Was it? Was it her?

Hey, pull over!

I don't understand.

Why do you think Assemblyman Do had kept it until now?

If he were the real killer, he would've gotten rid of it.

It makes no sense.

Do you think it was him?

What?

If not?

You don't suspect Professor Yoo...

No way.

But she found it...

after Assemblyman Do hid it.

If neither makes sense,

both must be suspects.

Where should we go?

Let's go to the cottage.

I'm home.

Mom. I took that girl, Jung Joo, to the hospital as you asked.

She cares so much about her mom too.

She's like me.

She's smart. I think she'll succeed in anything she does.

And did you tell her to become a judge or something?

Mom? Are you sleeping?

Gosh.

Sleep in your room.

Mom.

Mom.

Mom.

Mom!

What's wrong with her?

It doesn't look like she took anything.

I'm not sure. There was nothing unusual in her tests.

Then why can't she wake up?

She seems to be deeply asleep.

- Han Joon. - Father.

What happened to your mom?

Honey.

It appears to be exhaustion at the moment.

You may take her home once she wakes.

Han Joon. What's wrong with your mom?

He says she's just deeply asleep.

She stayed up all night to prepare for her trials.

She must've been tired.

Why does she work so hard?

Why did she work so hard on her trials?

She didn't look so good at today's trial either.

Which trial was it?

Our cottage caretaker's daughter.

Kim Ga Young's rape and murder trial.

Don't worry too much.

How could I not be worried?

If anything happens to your mom,

Even I...

can't live on by myself.

No, you don't need to come, Eui Hyun.

Mom will go home as soon as she wakes up.

I'll call you back later. Okay.

We meet again.

Well...

You're Choi Jung Joo, right?

Honey.

You shouldn't have...

presided over that trial.

Here.

So did you play the recording for your mom?

She says my brother would never do such a thing.

Sure. That's how all moms feel.

Now that I see you,

I wish my mom made the wrong verdict.

But my mom would never do that.

A judge shouldn't do that.

True.

Hold on.

Yes?

She woke up?

Yes. I'm on my way now. Okay.

Hey, I need to get going now.

Good luck with your mom's surgery. I'll see you around then.

Let's go home.

Hey, take a seat.

Come on. Sit down. I have something to tell you.

Tell me at home.

Gosh, this isn't a talk for a father and son.

It's for a man to another.

Your Honor,

pour me a shot, please.

Stop it.

Just one glass.

If you do that,

I'll tell you why I had given up my judgeship.

I met Myung Hee for the first time at the orphanage my father ran.

Myung Hee's mother passed away,

and her dad abandoned her. So she was put in the orphanage,

but Myung Hee was always brave and confident at that age.

When she moved out of the orphanage and lived on her own,

she didn't accept help from anyone.

She managed to enter the law school all on her own.

While in law school, she passed the bar exam too.

She met Jin Myung when she was in college.

Jin Myung loved Myung Hee a lot.

He couldn't steal his best friend's girlfriend,

so he kept an aching, unrequited love.

His love was so strong that even I had to pretend...

to not know of it.

Myung Hee was a woman...

whom I couldn't give up either.

Myung Hee and I decided to go on a trip to get married.

Jin Myung...

came with us to be our witness.

You don't usually wear makeups, but you put on a nice makeup today.

Are you that happy to be a married woman?

Yes, I am. So what?

Anyway, what's taking Jung Do so long?

Hi, Jung Do!

All right. As a part of the ceremony,

Sah Jung Do and Yoo Myung Hee will exchange the wedding bands.

Jung Do, will you hurry up?

I'm already jealous of you. Stop hesitating.

If you don't put the ring on her until I count to three,

I'll do it myself.

Myung Hee,

there is something...

I haven't told you yet.

Jung Do!

Mom.

Drink a glass of wine,

and sleep all you want tonight.

Take a seat.

You said that...

you were curious...

about why your father and I got married, right?

- We hereby... - I found out...

that Jung Do was...

sentence the defendant to death.

- was one of the main chiefs... - Did you say, "death"?

- that sentenced my dad to death. - This isn't right, Your Honor!

- In the end, on that day... - You made an incorrect verdict.

Please reconsider your decision!

- Jung Do confessed everything. - Why must I be executed?

Why? Why must I face the death penalty?

Even though he abandoned me...

when I was young, and I don't even remember his face,

he was still my father.

But Jung Do...

sentenced your grandfather to death.

But I was still going to marry her.

I was determined to marry her, so I pushed ahead with the trip,

but I just couldn't... I couldn't.

After that,

it was just me and your father.

We ended up drinking together.

Then...

that night,

I was conceived of you.

I'm all right.

If I didn't leave them together there...

It's not your fault, Dad.

- Eui Hyun. - Yes?

That was the first time I regretted being a judge.

If I hadn't become a judge,

I wouldn't have sentenced him to death.

If I hadn't become a judge,

I wouldn't have to...

kill the father of the woman I love in the name of the law.

The robe I was wearing was a burden just too heavy for me.

Why did it have to be me?

Then you should have recused yourself.

I found out that he was her father only after everything was over.

The defendant I sentenced to death...

was Myung Hee's father.

(Recent call history, Han Joon)

(Judge Sah, Judge Moon, Han Joon)

(Contact List, Judge Lee Jung Joo)

(Contact List, Han Joon)

(Contact List, Eui Hyun)

Judge Lee.

Why did you come here?

I needed some air.

I went out for a walk and found myself here.

What about you?

I needed some air too.

I started walking and found myself here.

I only looked ahead and didn't think about anything...

other than clearing my brother's name.

But I feel like I opened...

Pandora's box, which I shouldn't have opened.

I'm afraid of what will come now.

If you avoid things because you're afraid of them,

the truth must remain hidden behind lies forever.

Due to the hidden truth,

someone will shake in fear even more.

Are you confident you wouldn't avoid anything...

at any time?

No, I'm not.

Deciding someone's life.

Every time and moment,

I'm afraid and want to avoid it.

Then?

The sense of shame that follows after avoiding it...

and the regret.

I'm less confident about handling those things.

Han Joon and I are also inside...

that Pandora's box that you opened, so even if you're afraid,

let's confront it.

True.

Han Joon is probably having the hardest time right now.

Please help Han Joon to get back on his feet.

I think you would be...

I know Han Joon.

I'll be the hardest person for him to face right now.

I know Han Joon as well,

and I'm sure that you're the person he wants to see the most now too.

If he's avoiding you,

he's doing it for you.

It'll be of greater strength to him right now for you, not me,

to reach out to him.

I envy Han Joon...

for having a friend like you, Judge Sah.

You also have someone who is trustworthy.