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While the Constitutional Court will decide whether to remove or keep the death penalty within this year, the opinions submitted by the government to the Constitution have been independently obtained by the Panda team until the end of us.

The government has argued that the death penalty has a public purpose of eradicating social evils permanently and should continue to be maintained.



First is Kwon Ji-yoon.



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14th of last month, the Ministry of Justice submitted a written opinion to the Constitutional Court, which has been hearing a constitutional appeal for the abolition of the death penalty for the third year.



This is the first position officially announced by the government, insisting that the death penalty should be preserved.



Regarding the criticism that the death penalty is an inhumane punishment and that the state does not have the right to deprive the right to life, the Ministry of Justice refuted that the death penalty has a public purpose of defending society by permanently eliminating special social evils, and that it is the realization of justice that makes the death penalty be held liable for serious illegality. .



He stated that the possibility of a misjudgment is a fatal limitation of the judicial system, and that it is difficult to view it as a problem of the death penalty itself.



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 ``review in the mid- to long-term taking into account public opinion and legal sentiment.''



However, two years later, the death penalty was officially formulated as a necessary evil to prevent crime.




Earlier, the Constitutional Court decided to make a constitution of the death penalty in 1996 and 2010 with 7-2 and 5-4, respectively. In this Constitution, which is examining the third unconstitutionality, 6 out of 9 judges are evaluated as progressive.



Earlier this month, the National Human Rights Commission of Korea issued an opinion to abolish the death penalty in the Constitution, and religious circles and human rights organizations are also looking forward to abolishing the death penalty this time. Interest is focused on the third constitutional decision as to how the government's opinion against the abolition will affect it.



(Video coverage: Moonsan Bae, video editing: Seungjin Lee, CG: Sungyong Hong, Yejeong Lee)