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Yoon Suk-Yeol's Lawyer: "The Death Penalty Isn't Just Anyone's Dog's name"... Fiercely Criticizes Insurrection Special Counsel

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As Special Counsel Cho Eun-suk's team demanded the same death penalty for former President Yoon Suk-youl in the appeal trial regarding charges of being the ringleader of an insurrection, Yoon's lawyer fiercely criticized the team, stating, "The Special Counsel is acting as a dog for the Democratic Party." On January 31, lawyer Song Jin-ho posted on Facebook, "As expected, the Special Counsel is Yoon Suk-youl

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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Bal-geum = In their final arguments, the legal team of former President Yoon Suk-yeol, who was sentenced to life imprisonment in the first trial on charges of being the ringleader of an insurrection and for whom the death penalty was sought in the appeal trial...

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As Special Counsel Cho Eun-suk's team demanded the same death penalty for former President Yoon Suk-youl in the appeal trial regarding charges of being the ringleader of an insurrection, Yoon's lawyer fiercely criticized the team, stating, "The Special Counsel is acting as a dog for the Democratic Party." On January 31, lawyer Song Jin-ho posted on Facebook, "As expected, the Special Counsel is Yoon Suk-youl

Former President Yoon Suk-yeol's defense attorney strongly protested against Special Prosecutor Cho Eun-seok's team, which demanded the death penalty in the appeal trial regarding charges of being the ringleader of an insurrection, stating, "The death penalty is not just some dog's name." He also argued that if the logic behind the special prosecutor's sentencing request were applied in reverse, the death penalty could actually be demanded for i…

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한겨레 broke the news on Monday, November 2, 2026.
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