Netizens praise recent court ruling against minor gangbang rapists
After the court ruled to punish 10 males for raping a minor, netizens applaud them for their decision
South Korea is known as one of the countries that give ‘generous’ rulings towards child rapists and rapists in general. Many child rapists get away with just couple years in prison if they proved that they were under the influence of alcohol and didn’t remember. Due to so many similar cases, there were many public outcries wanting the courts to stop ruling in favor of rapists but for victims who would have to live with permanent physical and mental damages for the rest of their lives.
However, a recent case involving a female minor and 19 suspects gained a lot of attention after a fair ruling by the courts.
On July 18th, 19 male individuals kidnapped a female middle schooler who is 14 years old in Korean age and raped her while filming.
The parents of the victim and all of the suspects however came in an agreement and turned in the settlement forms to the courts. But, the courts did not accept the settlement under two conditions:
- There was a history of the female victim being beaten by her father.
- The victim’s mother is not suitable to make decisions due to her mental conditions.
The courts ignored the settlement and ruled to punish these gangbang rapists. Out of 19 suspects, they sentenced 10 suspects to prison for 2 and a half years to 6 years depending on how involved they were at the incident.
After the ruling was reported to the media, netizens couldn’t help but criticize the victim’s father for trying to settle the situation and applaud the court for making such ruling towards the suspects.
NETIZEN REACTIONS
Koreaboo has collected reactions from Netizens who commented on the original article from our Korean source. The below comments are the most popular comments at the time of this article being published.
[ +1531] The victim’s father used to beat her and the mother is mentally handicapped. The freaking father tried to settle by receiving money for his daughter’s incident. He isn’t even human.
[ +1519] It’s been a long time since the courts acted like real courts.
[ +69] That father is not even human….. really..
Source: Dispatch
