When the court did not sentence a mother in her 60s who murdered her severely disabled daughter who had taken care of her for 38 years, the prosecution also gave up its appeal in an unusual manner.



The Incheon District Prosecutor's Office decided not to appeal the first-instance verdict of Mr. A, in his 60s, who was recently sentenced to a suspended sentence for murder.



Prosecutors sought 12 years in prison for Mr. A at a decision trial held in December of last year.



Normally, the prosecution appeals when the sentence is less than half of the sentence imposed.



Mr. A was sentenced to 3 years in prison and 5 years probation.



According to the standards of the prosecution, there is also a view that it is a case that needs to be appealed.



However, the prosecution took into consideration the fact that Mr. A took care of his disabled daughter for a long time and suffered unbearable pain during the care process.



On the 25th, the Prosecution Citizens' Committee, composed of 10 people, including professors, civic group activists, and domestic violence counselors, unanimously conveyed their opinion of 'no appeal' to the prosecution.



An official from the prosecution explained the previous trial process, saying, "If (the prosecution) asks for leniency even before the trial is over, it can give the wrong perception that life infringement can be taken lightly and leniency can be given in similar cases, so the former sentenced to 12 years in prison." I did.



"The defendant himself had a professional opinion that alternative thinking would have been difficult due to his mental and physical weakness, and the institutional support available to the defendant was also limited."



On May 23 of last year, Mr. A was indicted without detention on charges of murdering his daughter B in her 30s after feeding her sleeping pills in an apartment in Yeonsu-gu, Incheon.



After committing her crime, Mr. A ate her sleeping pills and tried to make an extreme choice, but six hours later she was found by her son who came to the apartment and saved her life.



Mr. A took care of her daughter, who had difficulty communicating, for 38 years, even receiving her feces and urine.



Mr. B, who was severely handicapped with a grade 1 brain lesion, had been uncomfortable with her body since she was born, and she was told that a few months before the incident, she was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer.



At the trial, Mr. A cried, "I didn't have the strength to hold on," and "I thought, 'If I die, who will take care of my daughter? Let's end it here.'"



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