US EditionProsecutors Seek Death Penalty for Ex-President Yoon Over Insurrection
Prosecutors argue Yoon led a violent insurrection by imposing martial law in December 2024, seeking the death penalty despite South Korea's decades-long execution moratorium.
- On Tuesday, independent counsel Cho Eun-suk demanded the death sentence for former President Yoon Suk Yeol on rebellion charges tied to his December 2024 martial law imposition at a Seoul Central District Court hearing.
- Removed from office last April, Yoon Suk Yeol, former President, faces criminal trials over his short-lived martial law episode and other scandals in South Korea.
- Prosecutors say the central allegation is that Yoon Suk Yeol, former President, directed a rebellion, while the December 2024 martial law order provoked dramatic scenes with lawmakers, including members of Yoon's ruling party, voting down his decree in the assembly hall.
- A verdict is scheduled for February at the Seoul Central District Court on Yoon Suk Yeol, former President.
- Yoon Suk Yeol, former President, has defended the decree as a desperate yet peaceful attempt to raise public awareness about the danger posed by the liberal opposition Democratic Party, calling the opposition-controlled parliament `a den of criminals` and `anti-state forces`.
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