Whenever news is heard that the chaebols are being investigated and tried, there is news about the lawyers defending them. In a report that 400 lawyers participated in the recent Samsung Illegal Succession Case, Samsung inevitably increased to respond to a wide range of investigations involving more than 100 employees, but it was also explained that the number of lawyers was inflated.

As the news about the 400 lawyers participated, there were several comments on the portal, and the first comment on net sympathy was impressive. 


Unlike the cool response that proclaims that it is a capitalist and democratic society that conglomerates are irrespective of whether or not they have a luxury lawyers group, many people show great interest in selecting lawyers and often criticize lawyers who participated in the lawyers group. do.

▶ “I can't defend”

Attorneys who participated in the lawyers after a report in July last year about the composition of the lawyers in the case of Yu-jeong who was accused of murdering her husband and stepchildren before filing the resignation of 5 lawyers The lawyers who had to be accused of "five men defending the devil for money" and eventually failed to overcome the pressure announced the intention to resign the day after the press.

Since then, lawyers who have been in charge of pleading for Jo-Bin Jo, the main culprit in the case of Room n, resigned, and even a lawyer who pleaded with the accomplice in the case of Room n was selected as a recommendation committee member of the Office of Public Affairs and Investigation. . As a result, it is difficult to find an attorney who wants to defend those who are being investigated and tried as criminals. It is firmly established that the selection of lawyers by vicious criminals is to evade responsibility for their wicked and aggressive crimes, and that lawyers who participate in the defense process defend the evils . So is this formula always correct?

# Yakchon Ogeori Case

Twenty years ago, Yakchon Ogeori, Iksan-si, Jeollabuk-do, a taxi driver was stabbed 12 times by a knife, and the police pointed to a 15-year-old boy who was sleeping and eating in a nearby coffee shop as a suspect, police, prosecution, and court He concluded that the boy was a murderer, and that the boy was sentenced to 10 years in prison and held criminally liable for his wicked and persecution.

However, the case did not end there. The boy, who had lived for ten years in jail for being a vicious criminal, was not a real criminal, but was miserable, and three years after the incident, Jin Bum confessed at the investigative agency and just buried the case to cover their mistakes, 16 We know that after two years reconsideration was open and innocent, and even later, the criminal proceedings proceeded.

▶ [Factrama] "My child is not a child of a killer!"

An attorney who led the recent retrial case innocent came to an entertainment program. We all applaud his efforts and stories to reveal the true truth of the event. But no one remembers the lawyer who defended his 15-year-old boy, who had been murdered 20 years ago, for his oppression. Was the lawyer who defended the fierce criminal 20 years ago treated like a hero like a review lawyer? Wouldn't we have accused us of defending the crimes of the wicked criminals, according to the formula introduced earlier?

When a 15-year-old boy was caught by an investigative agency and was forced to confess while not sleeping for a few days a few days, no lawyer assisted him when he made a false confession in fear of'I'm going to die here.' And there was no lawyer who convinced him that when the first-trial judge, who expected to shed light on his own conviction, sentenced him to fifteen years in jail for applying condemnation to a confession, rather than convicting him. There was only the advice of a lawyer who tried to confess again to reduce his sentence, and in fact, he accepted the advice and wrote a reflection in the appeals court.


People accused of corporate crime enjoy the'lawyer shopping' where they are assisted by professional law firms that are famous and are also lacking. The lawyers listed on the shopping purchase list will use their defense as their career and serve as a stepping stone to defend other corporate crimes.

I have no intention of criticizing the people who make up the luxury lawyers, and the lawyers who are the lawyers. They exercise the'consent's right to be advocated', guaranteed by the Constitution, and lawyers are helping them achieve that right. But the question remains.

"Does a vicious criminal need only the assistance of a national defense lawyer, unlike a corporate criminal?"
"Is there a reason why the defense of a vicious criminal should be criticized so much, unlike a corporate crime lawyer?"


The luxury lawyers who are prosecuted for corporate crimes are said to be'whether they use 400 or 4,000 people,' but in the situation where they cannot exercise the right to receive the'consent's assistance' guaranteed by the Constitution, There is no law that victims of unfair accusations, such as the'Cross Street Incident', will not occur again.

Naturally, strict punishment for vicious behavior by vicious criminals is a matter of course, but it is the reason why they should be sufficiently assisted by lawyers in the investigation and trial process.

* Editor's Note: Attorney Choi Jeong-gyu has acted for socially underprivileged by defending △Goyang's low-income wind and light fire incidents △Migrant women workers victims of sexual assault and domestic violence △Shinan Yeonjeon Slave. 


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