Junior high school student who attacked South Korean ruling party member claimed to be 15 years old...Is there a ``3%'' chance of criminal punishment?

It has been revealed that the perpetrator who attacked Bae Hyun-jin, a member of South Korea's ruling party People's Power, was a minor. The attacker, Mr. A, claimed to be 15 years old, and there was also talk of him being a "juvenile trespasser."
are doing. If this age is the "full age" standard, it would not fall under the category of juvenile offenders (10 to 14 years old) and criminal punishment would be possible, but only about 3% of juvenile offenders aged 14 to 18 received criminal punishment. Na
It is calculated that According to the Gangnam Police Station on the 26th, police announced that they plan to charge Mr. A with special bodily harm. Mr. A claims to be 15 years old and tells the story of a juvenile offender.
However, Mr. A is subject to criminal punishment under the Criminal Code. Article 9, Paragraph 1 of the Penal Code stipulates that anyone under the age of 14 is a criminal minor, but Mr. A does not fall under this category.
However, based on the current Juvenile Law, the case will be tried in the family court or the juvenile division of the competent district court, but it is discovered that there are criminal facts that are punishable by imprisonment or worse.
If this happens, the case may be referred to the public prosecutor's office depending on the need for criminal punishment. The problem is that only about 3% of juvenile offenders between the ages of 14 and 18 receive criminal punishment. "The people's
According to documents submitted and released by Kang Min-guk, a lawmaker from the Supreme Court, from 2017 to 2022, out of 18,084 juvenile cases that were referred as five serious crimes, only 18,084 juvenile cases received criminal punishment.
There were 567 incidents (3.1%). A total of 17,517 cases (96.9%) were treated as protective measures. Under the current Juvenile Law, juvenile offenders are given protective measures at the discretion of the judge so that they do not have a criminal record.
be able to. For special assault, which has the highest number of cases, the rate of criminal punishment is 2.3% (373 cases), and the rate of protective measures is 97.7% (15,846 cases).
However, experts said there is a high possibility of criminal punishment in this case. Lawyer Shin Min-young of Hoam Legal Corporation
In a phone call with Herald Keizai, he said, ``Looking at the CCTV (security camera) footage, there is a high possibility that Mr. A will be punished criminally because he continued to aim at the vital points of the head with the deadly weapon,'' and added, ``There is a high possibility that Mr. A will be punished criminally.'' Top 5
"Normally, when someone commits a crime by force, the probability of receiving criminal punishment is low, but this case has a different gravity." Meanwhile, according to the police, Seoul Gangnam Police Station attacked Rep. Bae yesterday and arrested him at the scene.
After investigating A, a junior high school student, in the presence of his guardian, he was rushed to hospital in the early hours of today. Emergency hospitalization is when a person presumed to have a mental illness is at risk of harming themselves or others, and the situation is dire.
This is a system that allows people to be admitted to a mental health facility for up to three days if they do so. A police official said, ``We took into consideration the fact that the suspect is a minor and his current health condition,'' and added, ``We will continue to investigate the motive for the crime.''
We plan to conduct a strict investigation, including a thorough investigation."