Until the end of SBS, the Panda Team received an official opinion submitted by the government to the Constitutional Court, which is hearing a constitutional petition to abolish the death penalty.
The government's opinion stated that the death penalty has a public purpose of defending society by permanently eliminating special social evils, and asserting that it is the realization of justice to take responsibility for serious illegality.
In addition, regarding the damage caused by the execution of the death penalty due to a misjudgment by the court, he stated that the possibility of a misjudgment is a fatal limitation of the judicial system, and that it is difficult to view the death penalty itself.
He also clarified his opposition to the'life sentence without parole', which is considered an alternative punishment for the death penalty.
In particular, the government insisted that the death penalty has the strongest crime deterrent and cannot be replaced by'life sentences without parole'.
Earlier, in February 2019, the government refused to accept the National Human Rights Commission's recommendation to abolish the death penalty for the first time in history, stating that it will ``consider public opinion and legal sentiment in the mid to long term''.