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In addition to these measures, there is one more point to point out.

In this case, the perpetrator continued the stalking crime after the arrest warrant was dismissed, and eventually took his life.

Therefore, when deciding whether to detain or not, there is a growing voice that the possibility of retaliation should be carefully considered in order to protect the victim.



Reporter Han So-hee pointed out this content.



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In February of this year, in Guro-gu, Seoul, a man in his 50s, Mr. Jo, killed a woman in his 40s with a knife.



She harbored resentment against Mr. A's accusation against her, and was arrested while visiting Mr. A, but when the prosecution returned the arrest warrant requested by the police, she went back to committing the crime two days later.



In the Sindang Station case, Jeon Joo-hwan was asked for an arrest warrant for illegal filming last year, but the court dismissed it, saying there was no fear of destroying evidence or escaping, which ultimately led to murder.



The current criminal procedure law mainly examines whether there is a certain residence, destruction of evidence, or fear of escaping as reasons for detention.



Harm to the victim or key referee, ie fear of retaliation, is a 'considered' factor.



Even if access bans are taken, there are many cases of people visiting victims and committing crimes.



[Seo Hye-jin / Attorney (Human Rights Director, Women's Bar Association): The court should use the concerns about harm to the victim as a criterion for actively examining the reasons for detention.) The best possible way...

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The National Assembly needs to discuss this as soon as the amendment to the law that adds the possibility of retaliatory crime to the reason for detention has already been proposed.



In addition, even before the verdict, the stalking suspect is put on an electronic anklet from the investigation stage so that a real-time alarm sounds when approaching the victim, and a conditional release system that restricts the activity radius or attaches an electronic anklet if the arrest warrant is rejected as alternatives are also being discussed.



(Video coverage: Seol Min-hwan, video editing: Yoon Tae-ho)