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Mr. Lee Dong Jun.

You are under arrest for forging a trial...

and forming a slush fund.

You have the rights to consult an attorney...

I won't consult an attorney.

What I have done is...

not worth defending.

I will accept the punishment as they are asserted by the prosecutor...

and as they are ruled by the judge.

You may choose to remain silent.

Thank you for everything.

Without you,

I would have...

lived for that seat.

Thank you so much,

Young Ju.

Look at me.

Look at me, Young Ju.

Attorney Lee Dong Jun, who has been...

the temporary CEO of Taebaek after CEO Choi Il Hwan's arrest,

was arrested by the police for a forged trial.

Attorney Lee is accused of declaring Shin Chang Ho as guilty...

for charges against Kim Sung Sik's murder...

knowing the real culprit is someone else.

The police said they will do everything to find out...

if he received anything in return for forging the trial.

Currently, Attorney Lee...

has admitted to all of his crimes.

This is Mr. Lee's testimony.

He testified that he forged the outcome of the trial...

and covered up the real culprit behind Kim Sung Sik's murder.

The entire case began when...

you, Kang Jeong Il murdered...

Murder?

Who?

Me?

Would you call it a murder if I stabbed a dead body...

with a fishing pole?

Sadly, when I arrived at the fishing site,

Reported Kim Sung Sik was...

already dead and gone.

I told you just to take the document.

Mr. Lee, you were a judge.

I'm sure you have studied many precedents.

This is usually seen in many hit-and-run cases.

This person is walking on the streets.

A car that was passing by...

hits the pedestrian.

The pedestrian dies on the spot.

Then a car that came after that...

hit the body of the pedestrian who's already dead.

I'm sure...

many precedents say the second driver is innocent.

Right?

It's just like that.

Before I got to the there,

Baek Sang Gu's subject...

had already killed Reporter Kim Sung Sik.

He put up such a fight. What can we do?

Don't worry about it.

This rain will wash away the blood.

I was afraid.

What if...

What if he wakes up?

I was so afraid...

that I stabbed the dead body...

with the fishing pole.

Are you trying to avoid your murder charge...

with desecration of a corpse?

I am only speaking the truth.

Ms. Choi, who was at the scene...

says you murdered...

Su Yeon saw that.

From afar.

Where on her testimony does it say...

that Reporter Kim was alive when I stabbed him?

Article 159 of the Criminal Code, desecration of a corpse.

It says anyone who has damaged a corpse, human bones or hair...

will be detained up to two years...

or be fined up to 5,000 dollars.

Su Yeon bribed Chief Justice.

She'll receive a severe punishment.

CEO Choi...

took the lead in covering up the whole incident.

He'll receive a life sentence.

Mr. Lee.

You have forged an outcome of a trial.

You'll receive a severe punishment too.

This huge incident began...

with a petty crime, desecration of a corpse.

5,000 dollars of fine.

That's pretty burdening.

Mr. Lee.

You should...

rewrite your testimony.

Su Yeon.

You'll spend a very long time in prison.

I'll visit you often.

I'll show you how I got out...

and how I live on.

I really want to...

show that to you.

This is the result of the autopsy.

On Reporter Kim's body,

you'll see wounds which were created by a knife and a fishing pole.

However, it's unclear...

if the cause of his death was the knife of Baek Sang Gu's subject...

or the fishing pole.

They say it's impossible to tell from an autopsy.

Kang Jeong Il has been quite cooperative in the investigation.

I thought he would admit to his crime...

and give up on taking any legal actions.

When he was investigated face-to-face with Choi Il Hwan,

he made sure there are...

no evidence about how he covered up the incident.

When he was investigated with Choi Su Yeon,

he made sure...

she did not see that Kim Sung Sik was alive at that time.

He really is a smart lawyer.

He has been looking for a loophole in the investigation.

The only one who can testify Reporter Kim was alive is...

Baek Sang Gu.

He knows we cannot bring Baek Sang Gu, so...

Let's forget about Kang Jeong Il's murder charges.

Damaging a dead body.

You should take that, Young Ju.

- Dong Jun. - He has committed another crime.

Murder instigation.

I'm the victim.

Kang Jeong Il ordered for you to go abroad.

Baek Sang Gu tried to kill you on his own accord...

To prove that he did not instigate murder,

he would have to bring Baek Sang Gu.

However,

Baek Sang Gu is not here.

To catch Kang Jeong Il,

we must use his ways.

I made seasoned lotus roots.

Once he goes to prison,

he won't be able to eat anything that I cook.

I'm sure this is troublesome,

but please do this for me while he's still here.

May I...

also ask you for a big favor?

It's been over 30 years.

It's my first time coming back to this hospital...

after I left this place as a nurse.

And this is my first time asking you for a favor.

I hope you can do this one for me...

as Dong Jun's dad.

You probably checked the autopsy result from the NFS.

I'm pretty sure you looked for Baek Sang Gu's body,

but you don't look so good.

Presumption of innocence.

Don't be stubborn in trying to arrest me for murder. Be objective.

Then you will get to find out the truth, Young Ju.

Jeong Il, the statement you wrote for the murder...

should be revised for a statement of desecration of a corpse.

Jeong Il killed Reporter Kim.

I witnessed the crime scene.

Su Yeon.

Lower your voice.

The days you could abuse the law are gone now.

We have an additional charge.

(Statement)

This is the victim's statement.

We are checking to see...

if you hired Baek Sang Gu to murder Dong Jun.

We have a witness who saw Baek Sang Gu receiving the payment...

from you for the contract killing.

(Statement)

Here is the statement.

(Statement)

Goodness, I would have come to you.

He was an underling of Baek Sang Gu who was at the scene.

This must be a familiar face to you.

Jeong Il,

did you instruct Baek Sang Gu...

to kill Dong Jun in exchange for something in return?

No way.

I...

Please take a seat.

Director Lee Ho Beom.

Was there a time you performed a surgery on Dong Jun who arrived...

at the hospital after being stabbed?

Yes.

I will perform the surgery.

Get some sleep.

I will wake you up.

You must know informing the police when you receive...

a patient with a stab wound is the protocol.

I was going to report it.

But at that time, he visited me.

That is a complete lie.

I have never seen him before. This is my first time seeing him.

This is what he said at that time.

This might come across as a bit rude in our first meeting,

but please don't report this to the police.

This will only make things messy...

for Taekbaek, Dong Jun, and Hangang Hospital.

He is making a false statement.

I have never set foot in Hangang Hospital.

When Baek Sang Gu acquired the construction company,

he needed Jeong Il's help to get a loan from a savings bank.

I have the document.

I obtained it with the intention of destroying it to protect him.

I'm glad that I didn't throw it out and kept it.

Every piece of evidence...

proves that you instigated murder.

I only told Baek Sang Gu to get Dong Jun to a country overseas.

This is only instigation of violence.

Baek Sang Gu tried to murder Dong Jun on his own.

Jeong Il, if you want to prove your claim,

bring him then.

Oh, right.

If you bring him,

it will be revealed that Reporter Kim was alive.

I have a witness who saw you promising Baek Sang Gu a reward.

You asked the President's doctor to conceal the attempted attack.

The evidence you rewarded him will be submitted.

Jeong Il,

you'll be arrested on the suspicion of instigation of murder.

Jeong Il, you will end up...

spending a long time in prison.

I will visit you often.

I will show you how I got out...

and how I live on.

I really want to...

show that to you.

Your mom came to visit me.

Since I told lies my whole life,

she asked me to lie one more time for you.

I will ask the people at the Blue House to decrease the sentence...

Don't.

Out of all the paths you walked on,

there wasn't a single moment I wanted to follow in your footsteps.

I'm sorry, Dad.

Okay. I understand.

I hope...

you won't regret the path you chose or look back,

Dong Jun.

I heard you are investigating the police officers who partook...

in the cover-up of Reporter Kim's murder.

Police officers with low rankings are being asked to take the blame.

At that time, I was in the briefing with senior police officers.

Everyone disregarded the truth.

Taebaek.

Taebaek took every case related to corruption in the defense industry.

CEO Choi of the law firm hired...

high-ranking officials who were released after being detained...

due to the corruption as the firm's advisors.

Please investigate the senior police officers present at the briefing.

(List of attendees of the briefing)

This is the list of senior police officers who attended the briefing.

There must be a reason why they turned away from the truth.

The world is fair.

Your mom is...

beautiful and elegant.

I thought I wanted to grow old just like her.

But her cooking is a bit...

Even our taste in food is similar.

But there's a good side of this though.

If you continue to eat my mom's food,

food from any restaurant in this world...

tastes delicious.

Your friends came to visit.

All of them were lawyers.

They wanted to be your attorney.

They didn't want money from you.

They said you were under an inescapable circumstance.

There are some people...

who endured that inescapable circumstance.

Mr. Shin Chang Ho.

Reporter Kim Sung Sik.

I don't need a lawyer.

I think I can wait for five years.

Don't drink too much.

Go for a run in the morning.

I asked my mom for your herbal medicine.

I asked her...

to send the same one that I had taken every month.

Don't worry.

I'll pay for it.

I have a favor to ask you.

On the day I get released,

I want to eat a meal...

made by you.

The world is fair.

When it comes to cooking, I am...

Very good?

Goodness, you have knots everywhere.

You're in a serious condition.

That's fine. Stop.

Goodness.

(Former Attorney General, Lee Tae Jun)

A few months ago,

I was the highest ranking person in this prison.

But in the next room,

there are chief justices, ministers,

and the another attorney general all in one cell.

All of the corrupt...

chief justices, ministers, and the Attorney General are...

in this place,

so I guess...

the outside world is cleaner now. Isn't that right?

Yes.

Attorney General.

Why do you always keep those earmuffs next to you?

Oh, these earmuffs?

This guy who went away before me...

gave this to me.

He told me never to listen to the corrupt world.

Instead, listen to the truths which ring inside of you.

The sounds which resonate within your heart. You know, right?

He told me to listen to that.

Tae Gon.

Wouldn't it be so wonderful if you can live twice?

The first time, we lived in a sewer.

The second time,

you should live in a clear pond.

Yes.

You know, ponds that are so clear that you can see the bottom.

You can see those things... What are they called?

The precious and expensive ones. Right, mandarin fish.

- A place like that. - Right, exactly.

Your trial is tomorrow, right?

- Yes. - I see.

I'm all finished.

You can get a new start.

So do it well.

- Yes, Attorney General. - And...

when the police...

calls you over,

can you take me too?

When you eat short rib soup there,

I'd like...

a bite of jjajangmyeon too.

Attorney General, I cannot do that.

What if they stop calling me for asking them to take you too?

And eating jjajangmyeon...

can be quite loud.

You hear this slurping sound.

You cannot do that in the interrogation room.

Tae Gon.

I am...

confident that I can eat it without making any noise.

Can't you do this one for me?

No, Attorney General.

The suspects which have covered up Reporter Kim Sung Sik's murder...

will undergo their first joint trial...

in Seoul District Court today.

This trial is a separate case from the slush fund case.

The case involves Choi Il Hwan, the former CEO of Taebaek,

his daughter, Choi Su Yeon,

Chairman Kang Yu Taek's son, Kang Jeong Il,

Attorney Lee Dong Jun,

and the former chief secretary of Taebaek, Song Tae Gon.

Everyone who is involved will be at the hearing.

(Accused)

My dad...

I just followed CEO Choi Il Hwan's orders, Your Honor.

A judge in his office...

asked the NHS a lawful question.

You have exaggerated the case...

and handed it over to the chief justice.

Are you saying you merely followed your father's order?

I've always been good at running errands since I was a kid.

I believe you are a grown woman who can think and discern...

the meaning behind what your father asked you to do.

My father makes the decision.

Everything that is written on the bill of indictment is...

just me following my dad's orders.

I did not mean to commit a crime.

I told my daughter to do this.

It was because...

I wanted a righteous and competent judge...

as my son-in-law.

Does it make any sense that you would force a man...

you want as your son-in-law to forge a sentencing...

I did not write that sentencing.

Why did you do that?

Chief Secretary Song had received money...

from Chairman Kang Yu Taek.

Yesterday,

you sent me this.

I came by to give this back to you.

I heard you recently moved.

I sent it so that you can paint the walls again.

Do you need more?

I'm sure there was some kind of an exchange between them.

They must've written the sentencing...

and asked him to forge the trial.

Your Honor.

I really wanted him as my son-in-law.

That's why I asked my daughter to tell those things...

to the chief justice.

However, the one who wrote the sentencing...

and asked him to forge the trial is...

Kang Yu Taek, who wanted to cover up...

his son, Kang Jeong Il's murder.

It may look like one case,

but this is just a coincidence...

where two intentions were merely mixed up in a case.

Yes. I did get some money to paint my walls again.

So what?

What do you want me to do now?

I didn't do anything for him to get that.

It was just his encouragement.

Yes, it's like a bonus.

Su Yeon is saying what she did is...

merely carrying out CEO Choi's orders.

To refute her argument,

we need an evidence that she made a move on her own accord.

You should meet Attorney Hwang Bo Yeon.

- Then what is CEO Choi... - He's protecting Su Yeon.

He cannot escape...

the charges against murdering Chairman Kang.

If he makes an argument...

saying you are the one who wrote the sentencing,

he thought he could hide that Su Yeon got involved...

in the process of the cover up.

Hey, I've never even written anything like a sentencing before.

I was a prosecutor.

It's not easy to change one's style of writing.

The sentencing which CEO Choi wrote is...

probably written in his style of writing.

You're right. Whenever I see a sentencing,

I can tell which judge wrote it.

After CEO Choi graduated Judicial Research and Training Institute,

he worked as a judge for three years.

They are probably available...

on the court's internet server.

You should look for the sentencing which he wrote.

You two are undergoing a trial without physical restraint.

If you cooperate, it'll be taken into consideration.

Mr. Cho.

I met with Jeong Il.

He asked me to destroy CEO Choi.

It's his last request. I should do that much.

Ms. Hwang?

I will testify.

If I write a good letter of apology,

it'll be used in favor to my trial, wouldn't it?

(Witness Stand)

Ms. Choi...

Choi Su Yeon...

met with Chief Justice Jang Hyun Guk quite often.

She's even asked him for an internal investigation...

regarding Lee Dong Jun's extramarital affair.

How sad.

During International Conference for Jurists,

he will come across a nightmare.

It's been a while,

Attorney Lee Dong Jun.

I handed over...

the captured images of the video to Chief Justice Jang Hyun Guk.

What did you give to Chief Justice Jang?

Choi Su Yeon claims...

that she did the whole thing at the dictation of Choi Il Hwan.

No woman would conduct an investigation...

into her husband's affair at the dictation of her father.

Chief Justice Jang and Choi Su Yeon...

communicated with each other on regular bases.

The original ruling has been deleted from the server.

Did you check the ruling on the server before?

Yes.

(Enter the security code.)

Jeong Il. I found it.

At that time, the draftsman of the ruling was...

Choi Il Hwan.

Attorney Cho Gyung Ho is an old friend of Kang Jeong Il.

His testimony has no credibility.

Mr. Lee Dong Jun.

The police secured the ruling and asked me to examine it.

When Choi Il Hwan was...

a Daegu District Court judge in 1977,

he wrote this ruling.

Your Honor.

A person's style rarely changes.

The ruling of Mr. Shin Chang Ho's first trial...

and the ruling Choi Il Hwan wrote as a Daegu District Court judge...

have the same style...

of introductions and closing with sentences to sidestep points.

They are considered as similar.

I will submit the demanding document that Song Tae Gon wrote...

as a prosecutor as well.

Please compare the documents...

and make a wise judgment on who wrote the ruling...

of Mr. Shin Chang Ho's...

first trial.

Without Mr. Lee Dong Jun, this case wouldn't have been revealed.

This shows how Mr. Lee Dong Jun has cooperated with the investigation.

I beg you will...

(Sentencing Guidelines for Perjury and Destruction of Evidence)

Prosecutor.

For the accomplices in the same case,

we should have the same sentencing guidelines.

If I reduce the prison terms of Mr. Lee Dong Jun,

we will have to sentence reduced terms to the accomplices.

I don't think...

that's what Mr. Lee wants.

Charging the accused, Kang Jeong Il...

with desecration of a corpse and solicitation to commit murder,

I demand 15 years in prison.

Charging the accused, Choi Il Hwan...

with bribe-offering, obstruction of business,

and murder of Kang Yu Taek,

I demand life imprisonment.

Charging the accused, Choi Su Yeon...

with bribe-offering and obstruction of business,

I demand 12 years in prison.

Charging the accused, Song Tae Gon...

with obstruction of business,

I demand five years in prison.

The accused, Lee Dong Jun,

while working as a judge,

tried to sell his ruling for personal gain.

So he should be given a severe punishment.

I demand...

10 years in prison...

for the accused, Lee Dong Jun.

The accused, you may give your final testimony.

I was a judge, but I didn't live as a decent judge.

I insulted a reporter's life who led a decent life as a reporter.

I even pursued...

a comfortable life by doing so.

I will say no more.

Please punish me severely...

and show that nobody is free from the law...

and let the people who are watching this trial know...

that the time of justice...

has begun.

The police announced today the list of the 24 officials...

with a special promotion and 48 officials...

with an award certificate praising their hard work...

for the investigation on the slush fund scandal of Taebaek.

The police says they deserve credit for...

standing against...

the huge judicial corruption without fear.

Well, it just...

doesn't make any sense.

Mr. Lee took care of the whole thing, but his name isn't there.

What is the police throwing a party for?

Is it that...

the superior officials are trying to take all the credit?

Gi Yong, I'll make the first move.

The investigation started with the inside report from Mr. Lee.

The list of executives forbidden from leaving the country...

and those who accepted bribes.

Mr. Lee Dong Jun submitted the whole thing to the police.

The police said they conducted the investigation on their own.

That's not true. What the police have done for this case...

is follow Mr. Lee...

and take his statement.

Lieutenant Shin Young Ju who was in charge of the investigation...

claimed that it was Mr. Lee Dong Jun who reported all the information...

and cooperated with the investigation.

She also claimed that the police tried to hide it...

and take all the credit for the outcome.

This case is forming public opinion that...

the sacrifice of a whistleblower shouldn't be covered up.

Please tell me if there's anything that is at variance with the truth.

Another truth will be reported tomorrow.

It turns out...

there has been Mr. Lee Dong Jun's devotion for the investigation...

on Taebaek's scandal.

The ruling of his first trial is just a day away.

Whether they will accuse Lee of his crime...

or praise him for his devotion...

remains to be seen.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

For what you've done for my son.

I can't thank you enough.

All rise.

Be seated.

We hereby adjudicate on Kim Sung Sik's murder...

and concealment case as follows.

Charging the accused, Kang Jeong Il...

with desecration of a corpse and solicitation to commit murder,

I sentence him 10 years in prison.

Charging the accused, Choi Il Hwan...

with bribe-offering, obstruction of business, and murder,

I sentence him life imprisonment.

Charging the accused, Choi Su Yeon...

with bribe-offering and obstruction of business,

I sentence her seven years in prison.

Charging the accused, Song Tae Gon with obstruction...

of business, I sentence him two years in prison.

For the accused, Lee Dong Jun,

I sentence him four years in prison...

and his license to be disbarred.

(Application for National Compensation)

I plan to file an application for national compensation.

I have two points.

They are the false charge for the murder...

and the delay the stay of execution although his cancer was serious.

I want your help...

to write this application.

There are other good lawyers.

You are the one who knows best...

how my dad led his life...

and how he left this world.

Think of this trial...

as my dad's epitaph.

This won't be in history,

but it will be remembered for a long time.

My dad's epitaph that...

you and I will leave behind.

Please write one for me.

I hope I will be handsomely compensated.

I need the money for something.

(A few months later)

I, hereby rule on the application for...

national compensation filed by the bereaved family of Shin Chang Ho.

I approve the requested amount,

250,000 dollars in full.

(Letter of resignation)

(3 years later)

(Law school)

Say that a patient is about to die.

In order to keep dignity and value as a human,

the patient can refuse life-sustaining treatments...

or can decide to stop the treatments.

It is acknowledged as part of one's constitutional right to decide.

However, does the country have the duty...

legalizing this guarantee of this right for the patient...

to be able to stop life-sustaining treatments?

But this is a different matter.

I'm nervous.

Next week is my bar exam.

Will I pass?

At my law school,

we use your rulings as our textbook.

Are your rulings that great?

Well, if I say that, it sounds like I'm bragging.

You started your studies...

with the compensation.

So...

I'm sure your dad...

will help you become a lawyer.

(Bar Exam ID, Name: Shin Young Ju)

(ID Number:11017)

(Bar Exam Pass List)

Young Ju, Young Ju!

Young Ju, this is your number, right?

What is it?

I asked the realtor guy next door to look up your number.

Young Ju, you passed!

Starting today, my daughter is a lawyer.

It's only a test.

Mom, let's go to the real estate agency.

Let's put our store on the market...

and look for an office space for my practice.

Why would we put our store on the market?

You need to rest, Mom.

Your shoulders and knees hurt after peeling the garlic all day long.

I'll take care of you from now on.

Your daughter is a lawyer now.

Goodness.

(Lee Dong Jun)

(Shin Young Ju Law Firm)

I'm here.

I told them my daughter is a lawyer when I gave the rice cakes out.

People looked at me differently.

Don't do that now.

A lawyer should read the law books and hold pens.

I'll use the rags.

(Police Academy Graduation)

Chang Ho,

our daughter became a lawyer.

She studied with the money you left behind.

She became a lawyer...

to follow in your footsteps.

You're watching her, right?

Please continue to look over her.

(May 2021)

(Day of Dong Jun's release)

Thank you.

It was a bit expensive with the salary of a police officer.

You have to wear it for 10 years.

For 10 years,

I'll have you check it.

You're a player.

You sound like an expert.

(Southern Seoul Prison)

This is the fourth Reporter Shin Chang Ho Prize.

Reporter Jo Han Sik from Politics...

Division of Daehan Daily, please come up to the stage.

The widow, Kim Sook Hee, of Shin Chang Ho...

will present the prize.

(Awards ceremony for the 4th Shin Chang Ho Prize)

- Great job. - Thank you.

Sure.

Reporter Jo Han Sik of Daehan Daily...

won the Reporter Shin Chang Ho Prize for revealing the benefits...

judicial officers have been receiving...

- for their former office. - My mom buys clothes...

once a year.

She said she couldn't wear the same outfit for the awards ceremony.

Reporters Associations created an award after my dad.

On the day of the awards ceremony,

my dad's name goes viral online.

My dad must be happy.

You're going to the sanitarium, right?

Yes.

Hello.

Mom.

Dong Jun.

You're here.

He came here last year.

He has serious Alzheimer's. His disease is rapidly worsening.

His family can't take care of him,

and he didn't want to go to his hospital, so he came here.

Did he want me...

to see him like this?

A President's doctor,

a poor ordinary person,

a person who's led a successful life,

and a person who's wrestled against adversity...

eventually go down the same path.

They are so cruel.

They've never visited him once.

The people from Hangang Hospital.

He doesn't even expect to see them.

I guess he knows that.

After losing...

money, greed, time,

and his everything, he came back.

Dong Jun.

Let's have dinner together tonight.

Dad,

you,

and me, as a family.

This is good. Eat a lot.

Eat up.

You should gobble up jajangmyeon noisely.

Attorney General.

I ordered this from Seonwongak.

You're right. You're good at this.

By the way,

what are you doing these days?

I don't have the license, but I have the original technology.

I work at an attorney's office.

You're so unctuous.

Is this your first time at formal trial?

You mean...

this is your first time to stand before the court?

I've only taken care of some cases with fines,

summary indictment, and settlements.

How does it feel to stand before the court?

I wouldn't even talk to the judge right if he looked down on me.

Don't worry about it.

You'll do just fine.

Try to think...

I'm the judge.

Prosecuting counsel, testify.

The medical device she purchased...

is worth about 300 dollars.

But they deceived old people into buying it for 1,000 dollars...

with some performances...

and free trial events.

And the requests for refund has been denied.

Your Honor,

please give an order for a refund.

The events and transport of product cost money.

Above all things, she's used the product for three months.

It's unreasonable...

to give her a refund.

She's tried to reach you for the past three month, but she couldn't.

If they accept every single refund request,

the company will go bankrupt.

A bankrupt company can move one,

but a bankrupt person has to keep making a living.

It's only 1,000 dollars we're talking about.

The money of 1,000 dollars is her pocket money for a whole year.

Your Honor.

A bankrupt company can move one,

but a bankrupt person has to keep making a living.

Dozens of her friends at the senior center were deceived.

Collect their cases and file a class action suit.

Gather the receipts of purchase...

and submit in court.

I will never...

disregard...

concrete evidence...

ever again.

(Whisper)

(Whisper)