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In the 1980s and 1990s, the prosecution and police investigating the case of serial killer Lee Chun-jae framed an innocent person as the real culprit and sentenced him to an unfair prison sentence.

Recently, the 1 SIM ruling was down to admit the national responsibility and pay damages, but the ministry of justice gave up on this.



Reporter Park Chan-geun reports.



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Kim Hyun-min, who only thought his 8-year-old brother was missing after leaving home, found out that his younger brother had been the victim of a horrific serial murder 30 years later.



In the process of confessing to the crime of the real criminal Lee Chun-jae, it was revealed that the police found part of her sister's body, but systematically covered it up and simply ran away.



[Kim Hyun-min/'Police Investigation Manipulation' victim survivors: Because they run away, they will come when they grow up...

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I lived there for 30 or 40 years.] The



bereaved family filed a lawsuit against the state and received a judgment in the first trial to pay 220 million won.



Yoon Seong-yeo and her family, who were falsely accused of being the culprit in the 8th case of Lee Chun-jae and imprisoned for 20 years, were also judged to compensate the state for 2.17 billion won through a lawsuit.



If the government appealed, it was a situation where compensation was received only after waiting for the ruling of the upper court, but the Ministry of Justice decided to give up the appeal in both trials.



The Ministry of Justice explained that this is to ensure that the state acknowledges responsibility in matters where the investigation agency's fault is clearly revealed and that damage recovery can be accomplished quickly.



Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon also apologized on behalf of the country.



[Park Joon-young/Yun Seong-yeo's attorney: The background of such a meaningful decision is because it is a case that many people are interested in.

However, there are more victims in the Mars serial murder case.

Many people's interest is also needed in resolving their injustice.]



Due to the state's abandonment of the appeal, the results of the first trial will be finalized unless the two plaintiffs, Yoon Seong-yeo and the bereaved elementary school student's family, appeal separately.



(Video coverage: Kim Se-kyung, Video editing: Kim Jin-won, CG: Jegal-chan)