(Episode 4)
Judge Lee.
Would people recognize me?
- Everyone would. - Hello, Judge Lee.
Chief Judge Oh wants to...
discuss the reassignment...
of Jang Soon Bok and Kim Joo Hyung's case.
You became a victim of Kim Joo Hyung.
The rape case is an isolated case.
Since you're the recording judge,
I must respect your opinion.
I would like to finish the case since we were in charge.
Merging with other panels might be another way,
but I wouldn't want to impose pressure on other panels.
Let's do that.
Judge Jung, you'll stay in charge of Kim Joo Hyung's case.
The problem is the Jang Soon Bok's case.
What do you think? You're the recording judge.
This is what I think.
Our superiors are...
trying to lessen the burden on your shoulder, Judge Lee.
We should accept their advice by pretending it's not what we want.
Right now, you're garnering attention from the public,
and if the appeal for her retrial is rejected,
that would put our judicia l panel on the spotlight.
- It's more than that. - I'd like to try it.
You want to try it?
It might be not rejected.
How could it not be? We don't have any definite evidence...
of her innocence that would revoke the original ruling.
This video...
and comatose Jang Soon Bok may serve...
as new pieces of evidence.
- Please take a look at it. - Judge Lee.
I'll tell you my opinion...
after I thoroughly review the case...
with the trainee-judges.
What's gotten into her?
That's not like her.
Assemblymen in Legislative and Judiciary Committee...
have been...
watching a soap opera...
that centers around a female judge.
The judge created a disturbance in front of the defendant.
What's even more is that...
the defendant held the judge hostage.
On top of that, a prisoner serving a life sentence attempted suicide...
and left a dying message.
Don't worry. That soap opera will end prematurely.
Since it'll end prematurely,
the soap opera should end with the fall of the main character.
I like tragedies more than...
sloppy happy endings.
I see, but I like dramas with happy endings more...
than sloppy tragedies.
That chief justice...
is shrewd as a snake.
I can't read him at all.
Judges are the best at keeping poker faces.
You know that judges must not wear thought on their sleeves.
Not everyone would be willing to be as friendly as I.
You're right. I'd know since I had a wife...
who was a judge for all those years.
But I still can't figure her out.
I think I saw her having lunch with Judge Lee and Han Joon...
at the cafeteria.
That's the picture I'm dreading the most.
How could someone like her...
be connected to my family?
It seemed Judge Lee and Professor Yoo were very close.
I heard that...
Lee Jung Joo is in charge of the appeal for the retrial.
That will be reassigned.
We asked her panel to have the case reappointed.
Why would you even ask her? That wasn't necessary.
Why are all the judges so cautious?
The subordinates must be obedient.
Goodness, Jin Myung.
In court, judges aren't to obey superiors' commands blindly.
Professor Yoo did her best to emphasize independence of judges.
What would she say if she heard you?
Anyway, make sure you rein in Lee Jung Joo.
Do you really believe there's a probable cause for retrial?
Now, I'd like to ask Jang Soon Bok if she really...
murdered her husband.
Even if I reject her appeal, I want to be more confident in my decision.
Retrials and appeals are different.
The law is more strict on rulings once they had been finalized.
I know that it must be accepted as an exception...
to avoid destroying the stability of the law.
I know that.
If retrials start providing fourth trials,
the three-trial system itself could totter.
I knew you were aware of it.
But...
my confidence in a guilty ruling is tottering by her claim...
risking her life for her innocence.
Do you think the stability of the law is worthy...
when the judge's confidence...
is wavering?
What are you doing?
- Hey. - Got it.
Get ready.
Kyung Ho, that's him.
Hey!
You scum!
I don't care what you've done.
But don't you dare even touch her.
Or I'll kill you myself.
Why? Are you going to move in on her?
Scumbag!
Prisoner 3067. What are you doing?
- Stop him! - Prisoner 3067!
Let go of me! Let me go!
Prisoner 3067, what are you doing?
- Let me go. - Stop it.
I'm going to kill that piece of trash!
- What's gotten into you? - Mark my words...
unless you want to get out of here dead!
You lost your status as a prisoner of good conduct...
with one fight.
Time goes very slow inside.
Let's settle this...
before he tries to sue you for assault.
I won't settle with that jerk.
- You should go. - Your younger sister...
is fine.
I'm interning at the court,
so I get to see her up close.
Is she really okay?
Yes.
Being held hostage didn't faze her. She's doing well.
You didn't have to go after him. Okay?
I'm glad she's okay.
I have no intention of settling. You should go.
Judge Lee Jung Joo.
Do you know what your sister kept even though Kim Joo Hyung...
held her hostage?
It's the substantive truth.
It's the objective truth in which...
no one should be or nothing should be distorted from the truth.
Do you even know what you're doing to your sister by punching him?
Kyung Ho, we need to start...
Young Hoon.
I didn't face any injustice.
My staying here is the truth.
I remember her son was suffering from a mental disability.
How do you remember that?
The man whom Jang Soon Book killed...
managed the cottage of Do Jin Myung.
He was annoyed that the husband died as soon as he hired him.
Did you know that she applied for a retrial?
I went to your office, but I was told you'd be here.
I wanted to return this to you.
So...
Are you saying Jang Soon Bok's husband, Seo Ki Woo,
has something to do with Assemblyman Do Jin Myung?
I don't know if it'll help, but I thought you should know.
Exactly, so why...
(Defendant: Choi Kyung Ho)
Why do you have this?
Oh, this?
- I... - I asked him.
He's someone I knew while I was a corrections officer.
My gut feeling tells me he is not a criminal.
I wanted Judge Sah...
to help me uncover the error in the trial.
Gut feeling? Whatever.
Are you insane?
Who?
You scared me.
You know what today is, right? Bring your robe.
We're here.
Your and my daughter will wear this all the way to the Supreme Court.
Put in a good word up there to pave the path for her.
Gosh. Why did Kyung Ho have to do that?
He can't even bow at his mom's memorial.
Mom.
You know how much your mom adored her son.
Imagine how hurt she is that he isn't here to bow to her.
Son?
My mom doesn't have a son.
I'm all she has.
Judge Lee?
- Hello. - Good morning.
(Thank you, Judge Lee)
They were thimbles.
They're so pretty.
Do you know who left this here?
Why did you...
Choi Kyung Ho worked hard to make them for you.
Choi Kyung Ho?
You know.
Kyung Ho hit Kim Joo Hyung.
He's a model inmate and is trying to get parole for good behavior.
Why do you think he did that?
It was because of you, Judge Lee.
Did you come to see me?
Darn it. Seriously.
Judge Lee is good at these things.
Come to think of it, I haven't seen her around lately.
She's very busy lately.
She refused to reassign the retrial request,
so she's on bad terms with Chief Oh.
She can't come here because of Chief Oh.
No one compares...
to Chief Choi when it comes to making you feel bad.
He lives up to his reputation.
Once I started nearing my due date, he showed how annoyed he was.
I just can't breathe because...
I see. I never knew.
But then again, he was annoyed even when I gave birth...
to his own child.
You win.
Chief Choi explicitly said that he hates working...
with female associate judges.
But both of his associate judges happen to be women.
I don't count.
The female associate judges that Chief Choi despises...
are married women whose bellies become big like this...
near their due dates.
Gosh. Is Judge Lee not coming today either?
She agreed to fill in for me once I have my baby.
- Judge Lee! - Oh, my.
Please tell me...
that I'm doing the right thing.
Judge Jung went to a trial for another department.
Pardon? Another department?
He's filling in just physically for an associate judge who's out.
You've never heard of the practice?
Of filling in?
(Judges fill in for absent judges.)
This is so hard. I was passing out in there.
That makes no sense.
How could a judge sit on the bench...
like a sack of potatoes without listening to the case?
Then should female judges not get maternity leave...
and preside over cases with their babies on their laps?
And what do you mean, a sack of potatoes?
We think about our cases during that time.
Many judges get involved because their name goes on the record.
Now, does it make sense?
Yes. You mean not everyone is like you.
Judge Lee asked me to bring this to you. It's our evaluation.
Okay, then. I'll go pump milk now.
It's impossible unless you have divine powers or something.
He hardly had any of his decisions overturned on appeal.
He's a real monster. No joke.
Yes, but even I had a trial that gave me a bad feeling.
Oh, my gosh. Chief.
It was a rape and murder trial 10 years ago...
that I happened to fill in on.
A rape and murder case from 10 years ago?
Choi Kyung Ho. That was his name.
We had no choice since we had his confession and DNA evidence.
But I wasn't convinced of his guilt without a reasonable doubt.
It's the one blemish on my record of cases with my name on them.
Why do you feel so bad about it?
Even when I think about it now...
The victim had her period,
but he didn't know.
Thanks.
Is Choi Kyung Ho...
the inmate that you considered a brother when you were a guard?
What time is the trial?
(Choi Kyung Ho's trial for assault)
Judge Sah.
How are you...
Is it because of the favor I had asked?
I sit in on other judges' cases at times.
You need to sit under the law...
to see what you should do above the law.
I see.
I think my baby's coming!
My baby...
I think she's going into labor.
- Is it time? - Yes.
I'll take her to the hospital, so go to your trial.
You go with them.
Ask Judge Lee Jung Joo to fill in for me.
Judge Lee.
Don't think about just sitting there mindlessly.
We will now hear the trial assigned to our panel,
case number 2017GO1243,
for defendant Choi Kyung Ho's charge of assault.
Please escort the defendant to his seat.
(Defendant: Choi Kyung Ho)
We will now...
sentence the accused rapist,
Choi Kyung Ho...
for the case number 2007GO114.
The court sentences the defendant to serve 20 years in prison.
You may apply for an appeal...
to Seoul High Court...
within a week starting today...
if you would like to protest the ruling.
My daughter only got to live 15 years.
The appeal must be submitted...
- to this court. - This isn't fair!
or the warden.
How could you do this?
- Who's going to pay for this? - I declare the end of our ruling.
Your Honor!
Choi Kyung Ho.
Let her go.
Why did you do it?
She's even younger than me!
How could you do this, you jerk?
Why did you do it?
Why?
Why did you kill her?
So you need to watch out for yourself.
Don't let someone like me end your life.
What?
How could you be my brother?
Pretend that...
you don't have a brother.
What about Mom?
What about her?
She cherished you like gold. What about her?
I didn't ask her to give birth to me.
She cherished me when she couldn't even provide for me.
That's really messed up.
You heard him, right?
I...
treated someone like him as my brother.
I even the stole case file for him.
I thought I'd do anything...
for my mom and brother...
even if it meant I'd end up in prison.
But he wants me to forget about him.
Before my mom goes into surgery,
she wants to hear his voice one more time.
So I was going to record his voice for her.
That jerk is a piece of trash.
Judge Yoo.
What am I going to do for my poor mother?
What should I do now?
Please?
Defendant, you may be seated.
Defendant.
Mr. Choi Kyung Ho.
Chief Choi.
I can't.
Your name will be in the record.
You must at least try to understand the case.
It's just that...
The defendant may keep his silence or refuse to answer questions...
if that is his wish.
The defendant may testify regarding evidence favoring himself.
Defendant, you didn't make a statement...
as to why you assaulted the victim.
Why did you assault him?
There must have been a reason for the assault.
I didn't like him.
Why?
He committed heinous acts to little children,
- but he wasn't shameful. - If that's how you feel,
why did you commit the same heinous act to a 15-year-old girl?
Kim Joo Hyung stopped at rape.
However, you went farther than rape and murdered the victim.
It's very despicable...
hearing that remark from you.
I didn't murder her.
What?
I didn't rape her either.
10 years ago, you admitted...
the crime in the very same seat.
You admitted you raped and murdered the victim, Kim Ga Young.
- I did. - Defendant.
Didn't you figure out that I was lying?
On that day, you sat in the seat where she's sitting.
You couldn't believe me...
because I didn't know the victim was on her period.
Didn't you doubt that I may not...
be the real murderer?
Defendant, what is it that you want to tell us?
The real murderer.
There's a real murderer?
Why are you telling me this?
Seo Gi Ho found out that...
Choi Kyung Ho isn't the real murderer.
The real murderer...
is in this very courtroom.
(Judge vs. Judge)
That prosecutor told me he's going to make that lady judge his...
and put a necklace on her neck.
Tell him...
to stay away from Judge Lee.
I need to give this to Mom.
Why do you have this? Why?
Tell me who the real culprit is.
This is fun. Show me your cards.