Teenage boy who killed university student while driving without license: ``Two years in prison is a heavy punishment'' = South Korea

In South Korea, a teenage boy who hit and killed a 20-year-old college student while driving without a license argued in the appeals court that the ``two to three years in prison'' sentence he received in the first trial was too harsh.
On the afternoon of the 14th, the Daejeon District Court's 2nd Criminal Division held the first appeals trial for Boy A (17), who was indicted on these charges.
On January 3, Boy A drove a car without a license at an intersection in front of an intercity bus terminal in Gongju, Chungcheongnam-do, violating the central line and speed limit. , faith
He is suspected of hitting and killing Mr. B, a man in his 20s, who was crossing the pedestrian crossing while violating the traffic law. Boy A uses his friend C's driver's license stolen from his father to set up a car sharing platform.
He caused an accident while renting a car at Toform, and was sentenced in the first trial to ``3 years long term, 2 years short term'' imprisonment. In the case of juvenile offenders, sentences are divided into long and short periods, and the sentence is adjusted depending on the degree of indoctrination during imprisonment.
It will be arranged. At the appeals court that day, Juvenile A's lawyer stated that he ``admits all the facts of the crime,'' but explained the reason for his appeal to the effect that the first trial's sentence was harsh and unfair.
Juvenile A's lawyer argued, ``I would like you to take into consideration the fact that he has confessed and is remorseful, and that the accused is a minor. Considering that he is young, he needs time to educate himself.''
Ta. Boy A also appealed for redress, saying, ``I am remorseful and I am sorry.'' The prosecution, on the other hand, argued that the sentence of the first trial was too light and unfair. The prosecutor's office said, ``We rejected the defendant's appeal and found that the first trial's sentence was too lenient.''
He must be sentenced in accordance with the sentence recommended in the first trial,'' and requested that Boy A be sentenced to the same long-term sentence of seven years and short-term sentence of five years as in the first trial.
In the first instance trial, the prosecution also told Boy A, ``He had driven without a license many times in the past.''
"This incident fell under five of the 12 gross negligence cases, resulting in the victim's death as a result of driving without a license."The court is seeking a long-term sentence of 7 years and a short-term sentence of 5 years.
In the first instance, the court stated, ``Although Boy A is a minor who has not obtained a license, he repeatedly drives without a license out of curiosity, and even though he was given juvenile protection measures for this,
"He committed a crime without remorse and the nature of his crime is bad," and sentenced him to a long-term sentence of three years and a short-term sentence of two years. The sentencing hearing for Juvenile A will be held on the 7th of next month.