Attorney Kang Tae-hoon

Lawyer Kang Tae-hoon Episode 45

Chapter 16: 11 years of unfair imprisonment

“Bar, CEO Park Moon-soo.”

Lawyer Han So-won called him in a worried voice. There was no sound in his ears.

Shaking like an aspen, he was concentrating on the news.

The members of Hanmaeum Law Firm also listened to the news reports.

-This is the police box in Seocho-gu, Seoul, and Mr. Kim is around 9 pm yesterday evening. He revealed himself to be the perpetrator of the ‘Mapo-gu Murder Case’ and surrendered himself.

The screen changed and the reporter was standing in front of a police box in Seocho-gu and holding a microphone.

- Mr. Lee, who was currently designated as a suspect and sentenced to 11 years in prison, was released from prison after serving a sentence in southern Seoul about two years ago. Currently, the police are trying to figure out whether Mr. Kim's statement is true or not, and if this turns out to be true, it would be difficult to know how to repay Mr. Lee's 11 years of unfairness. KBC News. It was Kim Jong-Bang.

“Dae, representative!”

Park Moon-soo's body lost strength for a moment, and he flopped down on the chair. Everyone jumped up in surprise.

“What the hell is this… … .”

Tae-hoon couldn't continue talking while looking at CEO Park Moon-soo.

Taehoon knew it was going to happen someday.

The memories of the past 13 years of CEO Park Moon-soo.

and guilt. The tangled thread begins to unravel.

* * *

As a result of the investigation, the police revealed the circumstances of the incident and the statement Kim said. In addition, he confirmed that Mr. Kim, who surrendered due to the presentation of the weapon used at the time of the murder, which he presented as evidence, was the 'perpetrator' at the time.

The public's interest was only directed to Lee Ji-seong, who had been in prison for 11 years, and public opinion of criticism was forming.

Kim stated that he committed the crime alone, and that the incident was carried out with his friend Lee Ji-sung in mind.

However, the problem is that the police, prosecutors, and courts have found him “guilty” and, unfortunately, someone has been imprisoned for 11 years.

The office of Hanmaeum Law Firm was silent.

CEO Park Moon-soo sat blankly in the chair.

'The friend said he was innocent... … ? That friend is innocent... … .'

His eyes turned white. When he is accused of murder, when he is envied by many at the funeral home of a deceased victim. He thought so.

He said he was wrong.

But he did not think otherwise.

To the end, he couldn't believe his friend and say, 'He's not a murderer'.

The wound was getting more and more torn apart.

He got up slowly.

Everyone's attention was focused.Everyone looked at him with a worried expression.

“I, I need to get some air and come back.”

He smiled in a trembling voice, trying to stay calm.

Then the door opened.

“Is this lawyer Park Moon-soo… … .”

Park Moon-soo clenched his teeth when he saw a shabby-looking man in his mid-thirties who came in with the door open.

His body was trembling. He rolled his eyes involuntarily.

As soon as the man saw Park Moon-soo, his lips began to tremble.

“Hey, uh, uh, uh… … .”

The harsh cry he was trying to hold back began to burst out.

He sat down as if his legs had lost strength.

“Chief Judge, heh heh heh! What do I do with the 11 years I lost!? Judge! I'd rather you convict me then! If that was the case, this wouldn't have happened!"

He crawled and pulled his pants crotch with his loose legs.

Park Moon-soo clenched his teeth and endured it.

“Why the hell?! What do I do with the 11 years I lost? Yes!? tell me You are the judge! Still, the judge should have believed in me to the end! The judge didn't believe me either! Yes!? Whoops-"

“Hey, you shouldn’t do this.”

Dangerous situations could have arisen. Male lawyers approached him.

CEO Park Moon-soo waved his hand.

“Ouch! Me, I really tried to live my life once! The judge. Hehe, do you remember what I said while holding my hand!? You still have many things to be happy about in your life. can change again. But what is this? What is this! Ouch!”

In the end, the tears that President Park Moon-soo was trying to stop fell from his eyes. He leaned down slowly.

“I’m sorry. I, I doubted you. I should have trusted you till the end, I'm sorry... … .”

“Ouch. Whoops, please help. Help me. Judge. Shut it off.”

CEO Park Moon-soo patted him on the back and hugged him. Lee Ji-sung burst into tears in Park Moon-soo's arms for a long time.

* * *

It was actually business hours, and I couldn't talk about it in the presence of Hanmaeum Law Firm's staff. Moonsu led Lee Ji-sung and brought him to the cafe.

He has changed a lot in 13 years.

The distracted body gradually grew thinner, and the traces of time passed and took away the youthfulness of his face.

Moonsu could not continue to speak and waited for his first word.

“I resented a lot.”

“… … Did it?”

He didn't know it was normal. Rather, if Park Moon-soo had been convicted at that time, if he had believed in Lee Ji-sung until the end, something would have changed.

“I kept waiting. I waited for the judge. In just a few days here, the judge will come and relieve my injustice. The judge is a good man. my. You are like my father.”

He laughed as he swallowed his tears.

“But one day passed, two days passed, a month passed, and a year passed, but the judge did not come. Even after I was imprisoned, I continued to wait. Because the judge is the only one who believed in me... … But it never came. Then resentment began to sprout again.”

His hand, which was raised on Moonsu's thigh, trembled with strength.

He struggles to stay calm, giving him strength, but the trembling doesn't hide it.

“I even thought of taking revenge on the judge who gave me false beliefs and lied to me. But only after I came out did I hear from the judge.”

Lee Ji-sung shook his head unconsciously.

“It was then that I realized that it must have been as difficult as mine. take off your robe A human rights lawyer who lost his wife and son and is now ignored by others... … .”

he swallowed a cry.

He actually was. Among lawyers, human rights lawyers are clearly ignored.

CEO Park Moon-soo, who could possibly be targeted by the chief judge of the Seoul High Court or even the Supreme Court judge, suffered a great fall in the eyes of other lawyers.

“I became a human rights lawyer because I wanted to. I am satisfied now.”

Moonsoo smiled brightly. Her trembling lips and anxious eyes looked as if they were about to burst into tears.

“It’s just that I haven’t trusted you for the rest of my life. don't forgive me I did good in front of the name of ‘justice’ and acted as if I was a sage, but when it comes to me, don’t forgive me for avoiding me.”

At his words, Jisung shook his head.

“Judge Park Moon-soo was the tallest person I have ever seen in my life. That idea still hasn’t changed.”

Park Moon-soo was unable to speak any more. It means to forgive yourself. Lee Ji-sung's weak eyes smiled faintly.

The two exchanged a few more words.

* * *

After talking with Lee Ji-sung and his story, Moon-su handed him his business card. Jisung Lee is back. He would soon see him again.

CEO Park Moon-soo sat blankly in his seat.

He laughed bitterly.

He looked around his office from where he was sitting and could see all the lawyers.

Whenever he saw them, he always spoke to God.

Thank you for letting us be with them.

But now I'm starting to wonder if that's not the case.

His trembling hand grabbed a flower-shaped badge hanging over his left chest. He took it off with his right hand and held it tight in his fist for a while.

“I saw him when he was on trial for theft.”

Everyone focused their attention on his voice.

“That’s the first thing you said to me, ‘If you want to put it, put it in, it’s not scary’. But it was weird. so heavenly. As if rebelling against the world, in the eyes of a young man I saw something else.”

He picks and laughs.“I just wanted to share a story. The friend who was rebellious at first. I approached him a few times and one day he started to laugh. Another day it was. I'm like a father. It's like the father he didn't have. I told the young man.”

He cried for a moment as if his throat was choked.

“I’m not a father, but I’ll say something like a father. 'You still have a lot to be happy about. And it can change.’ The moment he heard that, the young man cried and apologized to me. The young man who said that I am not afraid of the law is apologizing to me. I saw it and thought Could this young man be able to change? If I give it a chance, this young man will not change.”

In fact, the Hanmaeum law firm, who did not know the exact story behind the case, was somewhat surprised.

To interpret his last words, it was simply the fact that he was acquitted as a judge because he wanted to give him a chance.

It was a story that Taehoon didn't even know about.

“I was not qualified to be a judge… … And I don’t think this place is the place for me.”

He put the badge he was holding in his fist on his desk.

Everyone shook their heads. Can not be done.

However, Moon-soo seemed adamant.

“Do you remember what the CEO said to me, who had just completed the Judicial Research and Training Institute?”

Lawyer Han So-won slowly got up. The badge that was on her left chest was now in her hand.

“Why don’t we make a better world once? Why don't you fight for the powerless? The salary will be a bahk, but why not try to become a lawyer for people like that once.”

she grinned.

“At first, I wanted something. I became a lawyer because I wanted to make a lot of money. I became a lawyer because I wanted to show off to my friends. But at one point, I was working with the CEO and I was enjoying it. Now no more… … .”

There were tears at the end of her voice.

“I can’t do it without you.”

She set her badge down on the table in front of her sofa.

After Kang Min, her lawyer lifted her own badge.

“I’m the one who was called a nerd at the Judicial Research and Training Institute. Even after graduating, I often wondered if I could become a lawyer in the countryside. CEO Park Moon-soo took away such a lack of me. I, too, cannot be here without you.”

His badge was placed next to Han So-won's badge.

“Haha, I can’t help it with this atmosphere.”

Go Doo-hwan awkwardly hid his sadness and laughed. He also removed the badge from his left chest and placed it on the table.

Park Moon-soo's lips trembled.

He was laying down the work everyone had dedicated their whole life to to catch him.

“If a good person like a lawyer doesn’t become a lawyer, I think it will be difficult for me to live as a lawyer in this world.”

Lawyer In Min-hee also took off the badge and placed it on the table.

Four badges were placed on the table.

Taehoon slowly approached the table.

He looked down at the badge with bitter eyes.

“I will not quit.”

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