Original subtitles

So...

should we play the rest of the audio file?

What did you say after hearing that Choi Kyung Ho...

isn't the real murderer?

Let me ask you one last time.

What did you say?

Did you hire Kim Ik Chul to murder Seo Gi Ho...

because he knows that Choi Kyung Ho didn't do it?

Did you kill Kim Ga Young?

Your Honor.

Am I here as a witness...

or as a defendant?

You're here to bear witness.

Then why do I feel like...

I'm being treated like a criminal?

I was only asking him necessary questions.

How dare you...

Your Honor, will you allow this?

According to the evidence submitted,

she has the right to ask such questions as the claimant.

How can a judge question me like a prosecutor?

I think you're mistaken.

I am not here as a judge.

I am here to demand a retrial for my innocent brother,

who was falsely accused and murdered.

Mr. Do, the petitioner has the right to ask questions...

about things that are not unclear.

I...

am too offended to stay here any longer.

Is there a reason for you to be hesitant about answering this?

Am I the only old man in Korea?

Besides, where's the proof that I am the one who she called?

It's the same with Kim Ik Chul's recording too.

I wouldn't know with what motives he said it,

but he's the man who murdered his best friend.

How can you trust a murderer's words?

Let me ask you a question.

Who recorded...

Kim Ik Chul's words?

Ms. Lee, let me ask you a question to clarify.

How did you come to acquire the recording file?

Ms. Lee?

If you have no further evidence or statements to submit,

we will end the investigation.

I told you to find out what evidences they have submitted.

You are the lead attorney. How can you be so incompetent?

You said you made sure Kim Ik Chul won't say anything.

If you had found out what evidence they had,

I would've been prepared...

for any backstabbing.

Are you really a former judge?

My gosh.

Hey, Eui Hyun.

Why are you here?

- I was waiting for someone. - Hello, Eui Hyun.

You should've come and said hello to me...

as soon as you came back from the US.

I am sorry, sir.

Don't call me like that. Just call me Mr. Do.

Eui Hyun.

Wait. I should now call you Your Honor.

Your Honor, I heard you work in the same office with Jung Joo.

Will you stop her from acting up?

Tell her she will be sorry if she continues acting that way.

I will consider it unheard.

You are the future Presidential candidate.

That's not something you should say.

You...

Did it go well?

You should've said everything you wanted to say.

I would never let anyone...

hurt you.

Let's go.

That idiot.

He's my boy.

I told you to keep him under control.

Why would I when he does everything well on his own?

Didn't you just see him? Is that doing things well?

But he was right.

Besides, how can you threaten a judge?

Doesn't Professor Yoo tell you what to do these days?

My goodness.

Let's go now.

I'm afraid journalists might see us. Let's go.

- Darn it. - There are no journalists here.

Gosh.

He's not an easy one indeed.

Could you be more specific?

The man Ga Young called...

Did he say why you assumed it was him?

Yes. He said Kim Ik Chul's words are...

His words lack credibility because he's a murderer.

Right.

Even if Ga Young did refer to Mr. Do...

in the video and in the text message,

he wasn't the only person she could've referred to.

So I wasn't able to counter the argument.

For them to accept the petition for retrial,

you have to prove that Kyung Ho is not the real suspect...

rather than proving that Do Jin Myung is the real suspect.

In other words, instead of proving...

that Ga Young referred to Do Jin Myung,

first establish that she was not referring to Choi Kyung Ho,

and that she never referred to him that way.

Prove that first.

Before talking about whether Jin Myung hired Ik Chul or not,

I should focus on what Gi Ho said...

about Kyung Ho not being the real suspect.

Rather than proving Do Jin Myung guilty,

I should prove Kyung Ho innocent first.

Right. Even if the end goal to proving your brother's innocence...

is not proving Jin Myung guilty,

you have to do that in order to reopen the case.

Right. I get what you're saying.

Here. Look at the documents Han Joon brought.

These are the text messages Ga young sent to Seo Yong Soo.

"Let's eat ramyeon with Kyung Ho."

"I am at the cottage. You can come with Kyung Ho."

Ga Young referred to Choi Kang Ho by his name.

Yong Soo must've heard Ga Young talking to him then.

But even if he takes the stand,

they will likely question this credibility.

It's a prejudice that a mentally challenged person is not credible.

A defendant of one of my cases...

is mentally challenged,

so I want to address this.

Do you think Soon Bok could have heard it?

I think I've heard it.

When Ga young came here to eat ramyeon,

I think she called both Yong Soo...

and Kyung Ho by their names.

Ga Young definitely called Kyung Ho...

by his name.

Right? You are sure of it, right?

I don't lie.

Sure. So you're sure that Ga Young's cell phone is lost?

It's gone.

Soon Bok.

Are you hiding something from me?

You went through a lot for lying. Didn't you?

You need to tell me the truth.

Well, to be honest...

- Why did you do that? - What do you mean?

Ga Young's cell phone files. Why did you hide it from me? You...

I had to hide it from you to hide it from your father.

What?

You are not the only one observing your father closely.

Don't you know that he is watching you closely too?

But...

Ga Young's cell phone file was submitted as evidence.

And Jung Joo must've met your father at the court today.

They must be done by now.

Yes. What happened?

Just a moment.

It wasn't easy.

He was so sneaky.

Did you just figure that out now?

Didn't I say you can get yourself in danger with one wrong move?

Han Joon?

Where are you now?

Where do you think? I'm at the courthouse.

By the way, I think it'd be better that we don't meet...

until the retrial is over.

Hey, you can't just decide on that.

You need to see me if you want your brother's retrial to be over.

Didn't I tell you?

I told you to butt out.

Hey, why do you always tell me to butt out?

Besides, I already got myself into you. Completely.

Are you kidding me?

I'm not in the mood. Bye.

Hello.

Judge Lee, I'm glad you're here.

The ruling for Jang Soon Bok's retrial was really good.

Thank you.

Well, I'd like to hear what you think about this too.

For one of my cases,

the plaintiff played this game with a lot of users online.

One of the players wrote unsavory remarks...

about the plaintiff on the public bulletin board.

He must be suing for emotional distress resulting from the insults.

Yes, I'd rather not repeat those remarks,

but let me tell you those remarks to seek a more accurate opinion.

"What does your mother do?"

"Did she have seaweed soup even after she gave birth to you?"

"You anencephalus. You're stupider than a chicken."

"I'd commit suicide if I were you."

"You're nastier than a piece of trash."

It went like this.

The focus is the amount for the compensation.

Both the plaintiff and defendant are in high school.

They only play virtual games together online.

They haven't met offline at all.

Since the defendant is in high school,

the defendant has a responsibility to compensate the plaintiff.

Taking all the factors into consideration,

I'd set it to 500 dollars.

My gosh, look at the time.

I must prepare for my trial.

Judge Lee, I didn't even touch this.

Oh, thank you.

I'm going then.

Bye.

My goodness.

Calculating damages is no easy task.

My intuition was correct.

The case with Designer Myung Soo Jin?

So when the defendant gave the bag back to her, she lied...

that she lost it when she knew that the handbag was genuine, right?

Greed is a frightening thing, isn't it?

Like they say, "someone with 99 treasures..."

"covets someone else's one and only treasure."

The case made me realize that wholeheartedly.

You did another great job...

by listening to the socially weak, Chief Moon.

I don't get played by the greed of the riches.

You know, it serves him right.

I meant Chief Choi.

He always rubbed it in my face for overturning...

my rulings, telling me to interpret the law better.

This time, I got to land a good one on him...

for his ruling in the criminal court...

with mine in the civil court.

Take that, Chief Choi.

"Do you know your weakness as a judge?"

Stop it.

"You are swayed by feelings without evidence."

"That's called confirmation bias."

"Don't you know that bias leads to incorrect verdicts?"

Chief Choi, you chose the way that leads to incorrect verdicts.

What did I tell you?

Didn't I say you'd make an incorrect verdict since she's your first love?

I feel wronged.

I rendered a just ruling based on the evidence submitted.

How would she feel?

Your rulings are never overturned,

but your wife, who had a weakness, overturned it. How would that feel?

Hey, Chief Oh.

You became a judge to upset me, didn't you?

Bingo! Bingo! Bingo!

You got it.

Bingo!

"Horrible Sujebi"

My goodness, he shouldn't be calling me now.

It's not like I can change my phone number.

Chief Oh.

Tell him that you picked up the phone in the restroom...

and it'd take a long time for you to find the owner.

- Me? - Yes.

Are you telling me to lie in this sacred courthouse?

Oh, my stomach!

- I should go to the restroom. - Then can you do it, Chief Choi?

Hey, don't you need to go to the restroom?

- What do you mean? - Don't you need to go?

- Come on. - What are you talking about?

- Come with me. - Chief Choi.

- Why are you going together? - Go!

We are women.

- Hey, it's urgent. - I didn't answer his call.

Goodness. Darn.

Why isn't he answering his phone?

- The number you have called... - He's dodging your calls.

Maybe the head chief thinks that you're involved with the case.

Even so, how dare he dodge my phone calls?

Yes, Jin Myung.

It seems like you're ducking my calls these days.

It's not that I'm ducking your calls.

To remove any question of running a fair trial,

I cannot associate with you even if you are a witness.

I told you that it would be better for us not to call each other...

until the motion hearing for the retrial is over.

The election is around the corner. You wouldn't want...

Exactly. So you should just dismiss the motion.

Hey, this is conspiracy.

Make sure that this does not affect my campaign in any way.

What did he say?

Whatever. I'm sure he got the message loud and clear.

Jung Do, you should meet...

with the chief justice just in case.

I heard you went to the same high school with him.

Yes.

The ties between high school alumni are tighter than ones from college.

He's a sly fellow,

but try to exploit on your school connections.

I'll try that then.

(Contact List)

(Horrible Sujebi)

(Horrible Sujebi, Delete)

Chief Seo.

Let's start after five minutes.

Sure.

My relative is getting married next weekend,

but I'm on duty next week.

I can't believe even the chiefs of panels have to be on night duty now.

Goodness.

Well...

Judge Lee, could you switch the shift with me?

Yes, I will. I have to come to work during the weekends anyway.

I'll do that instead.

But I thought that you're on duty this weekend, Judge Sah.

You'll come next week too?

It's all right. Judge Lee has her plate full with the retrial.

I'll do it.

It's okay. I can do it.

Judge Sah, do you want to come to the courthouse...

under the premise of weekend duty? Am I correct?

Yes.

Let's begin.

Okay.

2017507 for criminal judicial panel is a homicide case by a robber.

Two brothers broke into a hair salon at night, and they tried to...

steal valuables. But when the victim resisted, they stabbed the victim...

with a knife and murdered the victim.

The older brother confessed that he was the one who stabbed the victim,

but the younger one with mental disability...

claims that it was him who stabbed the victim.

The defendant's intelligence quotient is 50.

Is his statement credible?

Although the younger brother lacks abilities to adapt to emotions...

and social norms compared to other average 27-year-olds...

and has difficulties to explain the account accurately and in detail,

he's able to...

coherently testify accounts he has experienced.

I verified this with the appointed...

specialists.

There are some minor discrepancies in his statement...

regarding the account of stabbing the victim and the method,

but since the discrepancies stem from his mental disabilities,

I believe that we cannot deny his entire statement on that ground.

Then...

does that mean we can believe the younger brother's statement?

- Yes. - Yes.

You two are always on the same page now.

Judge Lee and Judge Sah are of the same mind.

Great.

Then let's discuss the sentencing.

The next is a murder case for criminal judicial panel, 2017851.

This is Defendant Kim Joo Hyung's case.

He was charged with manslaughter at first,

but the prosecutor revised it to murder during questioning, right?

Yes, the trial was assigned to Judge Sah's Individual Department.

There has been a few trials.

While questioning a witness for inspection of the crime scene,

Judge Sah tore down...

the defendant's claim for self-defense by his sharp questions.

And he made the prosecutor revise the charge to intentional murder...

instead of involuntary manslaughter.

That's what people say about it.

Is that so?

The victim was Judge Lee's brother.

Yes, it's Choi Kyung Ho, whose retrial case I'm on.

Then why don't you handle this case since you're on the retrial case?

Will you be okay with the change?

Yes, that's fine.

But doesn't our panel...

have a rape case with the same defendant?

Yes, we do.

The famous case where Judge Lee was held hostage...

was reassigned to our panel when Chief Choi was transferred...

to the Individual Department

There are three cases under Kim Joo Hyung.

I can see why Judge Lee could have been...

Then let's solidify these three cases and proceed.

Since the panel for a newly assigned murder case and hostage case...

has changed, according to Article 301 of Criminal Procedure Code,

we must renew the trial proceedings.

You must be well-acquainted with the procedure as the main judge.

I will be, sir.

We'll make sure the court...

can review all evidence that was previously...

reviewed all over again at the trial.

You must start fresh without any prejudice...

and decide based only on the evidence.

Yes, sir.

My gosh.

- Hello, sir. - Gosh.

- Please. - Thank you.

How long has it been?

I haven't seen you outside of work...

ever since I stepped down from the bench.

I know.

I thought you'd call to have lunch or something.

But it had to be today, of all days.

Don't let it bother you.

Today, I am not an attorney,

but an underclassman from high school.

Let's just enjoy the meal.

Sure, let's do that. I'm here because I wanted to see my friend.

- Thank you. - We should split the bill too.

We can, if that would make you more comfortable.

I'll tell them to bring in the food then.

Excuse me.

Okay.

It's been done.

Really?

That foolish jerk.

How dare he try to betray me?

- But sir... - What?

The person who recorded what Kim Ik Chul said...

was your wife.

What?

That's right. I did it.

- What? - Wrongly convicting...

Choi Kyung Ho of rape and murder...

is pure torment, which I cannot escape.

I need to prove his innocence...

if I want to hold my head up.

So? You dare push me up a cliff so that you can hold your head up?

Do you even know what you've done?

What about what you did?

Okay, honey. Let's go in.

Here. Sit right there.

Too bad Han Joon isn't here.

That punk must've wanted us to enjoy some time alone...

and gone out for the time being.

Here.

Honey. Here, take it.

Okay. A toast for our wedding anniversary.

Thank you.

Honey, what's wrong?

It's been a while. Let's make a toast.

Okay. Here's to our wedding anniversary...

Let me go wash up.

Just how long will you do this?

I told you.

I said I'll do everything with you, but I'll never drink with you.

Why?

Because alcohol is how you got pregnant with Han Joon...

and had to marry me?

You can drink with Jung Do.

Why can't you drink with me yet?

It was an outing with colleagues. It had nothing to do with you.

Is that right? A work outing?

Darn it.

Darn it.

(33J1371)

I told you.

All I remember is driving after being drunk.

You know...

that I black out after drinking, and that I can't remember anything.

Regardless, I don't even know how I ended up at the cottage.

When I woke up, it was the next morning.

Kim Ik Chul...

said you...

What are you talking about? I heard that Seo Gi Ho...

was going around saying the rapist murderer...

was Han Joon, the driver of the car with license plate 1371.

So I only spoke to Kim Ik Chul.

I told him to make sure...

Seo Gi Ho doesn't go around saying garbage like that.

I mean, can't a parent say that much when it involves his child?

This must be how you were to Jung Joo in court.

I see why she said you aren't an easy foe.

Honey, don't do this.

Kim Ik Chul fed you lies, I tell you.

I need to wash up.

Just wait, and see if what I say is wrong.