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No expert on Korean law, but it seems like the mother made a mistake

posted 12 years ago by FollicleMan
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She killed the junk collector because he was about to call the police and tell his story. But if he had, wouldn't that have knocked the charge against her son down to involuntary manslaughter? He couldn't see the girl when he threw the rock, and he brought her to the roof in a misguided attempt to get help after his phone wouldn't work. How much jail time could he possibly get for that, when the police let him off with a fine for the incident with the professors, and that lawyer said he could reduce the punishment for the original charge to four years?

[–] LeonAL 11 years ago

You might be right. She panicked when she discovered the real killer
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[–] thebigmouth 10 years ago

What makes you say he couldn't see the girl when he threw the rock? It seemed pretty clear from the junk man's tale that the son threw the rock at the girl in retaliation for her calling him retarded.

Also, I'm not sure anyone would believe he put the girl up to the roof to get help. If it were all a mistake, and he were really concerned for her health, he would have gone to get somebody.

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[–] Matt345 8 years ago

"Also, I'm not sure anyone would believe he put the girl up to the roof to get help. If it were all a mistake, and he were really concerned for her health, he would have gone to get somebody."

You're making it too complicated for a simple mind. Also, he is shown to have tried using his phone to call the hospital, but failing. What else would that scene have been for, and to highlight how little one could have expected from him in that situation? It was almost ridiculously long. And he mentioned getting her to the hospital himself, as a reason for making sure she gets noticed. And he didn't realize or admit to himself that she was dead or in mortal danger, talking to her.

[–] shruti-bittu 9 years ago

Yeah, the son was mentally ill... I don't think he would have been tried for murder like a regular guy in the court if they could prove this... like the lawyer mentioned to her it could have been possible for him to be get a short term in a psychiatric ward instead of prison and who knows it might have actually helped him... I think she panicked and acted impulsively..

[–] ayyub91 8 years ago

I guess it was her main intention to keep her son close to him, not the prison nor the mental institution could help that.

[–] yvesyves (714) 4 years ago

a poor old woman from a small countryside town, not an executive of a wall street company or a washington politician, no way in hell could she have analyzed all this to such an extent, why take any risk when killing the bum right there right now would solve it all?