Lee Jae-myung, who was admitted as 'perjury', was found not guilty in 2020, and retrial is not possible.

The court recognized Lee Jae-myung's "perjury" in the trial of "violation of the Election Act" and adopted it as evidence of "perjury" in the trial
after being accused of "false accusation of the prosecutor's case"...Lee Jae-myung 'not guilty' confirmed in 2020

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Although the court admitted that there was perjury in the past trial of Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, for violating the election law, there is no possibility that the acquittal, which was used as evidence, will be overturned.

This is due to the principle of the Criminal Procedure Act that the subject of retrial is only for conviction and cannot be adjudicated against the accused again.

Reporter Shin Ji-won reports.

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The trial that the first trial court of the 'perjury teacher' admitted that there was 'perjury' is a 'violation of the election law' case confirmed in 2020.

It is a trial in which Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, was indicted for saying that he was "falsely accused" in the so-called "prosecutor impersonation" case,
The testimony that Kim Jin-sung, former secretary of former Seongnam Mayor Kim Byung-ryang at
, was told by former Mayor Kim that he was in talks with a high-ranking media official to drop the charges and the contents of the consultation were false.

The testimony was adopted as evidence in Lee's favor and was acquitted by the Supreme Court in 2020.

The first trial court of Lee's perjury teacher also pointed out that Kim was fined 5 million won for perjury, obstructing the judicial function to find the actual truth.

However, even if the Supreme Court confirms Kim's perjury, it cannot affect the previous ruling.

According to the Criminal Procedure Act, a retrial can be requested if testimony or evidence is falsely forged, but
This is because it is limited only when the
'guilty verdict' is confirmed.

Also, since the retrial cannot impose a heavier sentence than the original court,

It is impossible to request a retrial against the representative Lee, who has already been convicted of innocence.

I'm Shin Jiwon of YTN.

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