In the 1997 "Itaewon Murder" in Seoul, South Korea, a child in his 10s was inexplicably killed in the toilet of a hamburger shop. According to the speech of , an American military in South Korea, a family member and a Korean American are both the biggest suspect. However, when the police interrogated the two, both insisted that they did not kill anyone, and that they insisted that the other party killed someone, and that they were just witnesses at the scene.
"Patterson", the family member of the US military stationed in South Korea, the name of the movie is Pearson, the actor Zhang Geun-soo
Korean American "Edward Lee", the name of the movie is Alex, the actor Shin Seung-hwan
According to the description in the movie, from the 1997 case to the judgment of the Supreme Court, the case has undergone two verdicts.
The first sentence was made, and the court sentenced Alex to life imprisonment, and Papierson was imprisoned for about two years.
South Korean prosecutor overturned the conclusion of the US military stationed in South Korea, denying that Patterson was the murderer and took Edward. Lee pushed to the brink of death
and then Edward Lee complained, and the court retried it, and sentenced Edward Lee to be acquitted.
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The victim's mother was in great pain and cried to the prosecutor: No one is the murderer, how did my son be killed? . .
Later, Pearson was also released from prison early, and the South Korean court did not make any extension of his exit restrictions. He returned to the United States the second year after he was released from prison.
In the video, it should be that both of them stabbed the victim with a knife, which is an accomplice. No matter how quibbling the two of them in the interrogation room or in the court, there are two important points in other places, which can point the conclusion in the direction where both of them are murderers:
1. When the crime scene was reproduced at the hamburger restaurant, both of them were found to have lie and could not justify themselves. When Alex demonstrated that when he bent down to wash his hands, Pearson could not pass through the narrow space freely; and after skillfully demonstrating the entire process of barrel man, Pearson finally pushed the dummy into the direction, which was not the end of the victim curled up next to the toilet under his left.
2. According to one of the black people's testimony, Alex said something that was particularly critical, saying "What did we do together..."
According to the video, it feels ridiculous about why the two suspects were given such a verdict. One was acquitted, the other was in jail for only one year, which was so unfair to the victims and their families.
Fortunately, after the film was screened in 2009, it aroused widespread discussion in the society. In 2011, South Korean prosecutors re-investigated the case and concluded that Patterson was the real murderer.
In September 2015, 16 years later, Patterson was escorted back to South Korea and was eventually sentenced to 20 years in prison.
This should be the ultimate goal of the movie. Just like the movie "The Furnace", insisting on making a good movie will always leave a brilliant mark on the progress of society and history!
