In 1997, there were still cases of executions in South Korea, but after that year, although the majority of South Korean citizens favored the retention of the death penalty system and South Korea did retain the death penalty, it was useless, and even if it was sentenced to death, it was unlikely to be executed.
The death penalty is the heaviest punishment because it deprives the prisoner of his life based on the powers conferred by law. The right to life is the most fundamental right of citizens, so deliberately and illegally depriving others of their lives, such as intentional homicide, is a very serious crime, and South Korean man Yoo Yong-chul has set the "highest record" for a Korean criminal to kill a person.
Born in 1971 in a poor area of Seoul, South Korea, Seoul is known to be the capital of South Korea, the tenth largest city in the world, one of the major financial cities in Asia, it is bustling, and Yoo Yong-cheol, who was born there, is not willing to let himself have nothing to do with it, he is very eager to live a rich life of spending money.
However, in order to achieve his own goals, Liu Yongzhe did not go on the right path, repeatedly stole, but repeatedly went to prison, it is conceivable that he is getting farther and farther away from his goal, and can no longer integrate into normal life, crime, imprisonment has become the whole of his life, not only theft but also robbery, QJ, in 2002, 32-year-old Liu Yongzhe was imprisoned again, his wife was disheartened, felt that staying by Liu Yongzhe's side, there is no way to get happiness, the son does not want to have a father who is often in prison, and his wife proposed a divorce.
But The reclusive and extreme Liu Yongzhe has never reflected on his own problems, he believes that his wife will leave because he has nothing, and the reason why he is so unfortunate is caused by rich people, so he wants revenge, revenge on women and rich people.
In addition, The Liu Yongzhe family has epilepsy, which took the lives of Liu Yongzhe's father and brother, and Liu Yongzhe feels that he will not live long, does not know when he will die, and no one will care about his death. In September 2003, after his release from prison, Liu Yongzhe went to Xinsidong in Gangnam District to find a place to live, and his heart was full of hatred as he watched how the rich enjoyed life.
On September 24, Liu Yongzhe opened the road to murder, the first case, Liu Yongzhe killed an honorary professor of the university and his wife with a blunt object, and did not take anything valuable from the victim's home, he was not accustomed to rich people, almost half a month, Liu Yongzhe committed another crime alone, killing a family of three in the old Ki-dong of Jongno District.
The third case occurred only a week after the second case, at first, Liu Yongzhe killed mostly elderly people, but in late November, Liu Yongzhe suddenly interrupted the killing because he fell in love with a massage woman, but when he proposed to his girlfriend, the girlfriend took into account Liu Yongzhe's criminal record and epilepsy history, and finally rejected Liu Yongzhe.
After the loss of love, Liu Yongzhe began to commit crimes again, and the massage girl became the target of Liu Yongzhe's crime, he even thought about killing his ex-wife, but thought that he had a son, so he gave up, and Liu Yongzhe would be arrested because he was looking for a target in the same massage parlor, which attracted the attention of the massage parlor owner.
On July 18, 2004, Liu Yongzhe was arrested by the police.
According to the provisions of the South Korean Criminal Law, before 2013, the basic sentence for "general motive killing" caused by resentment, family discord, financial relations, etc., was 9 to 13 years; the sentencing standard for "condemning motive killing" such as retaliatory killing and blind killing was 12 to 16 years; the sentencing standard for "combined killing with major crimes" accompanied by sexual violence, robbery, etc., was 17 to 22 years; and the sentencing standard for "extreme contempt for human life killing" for killing many people was 22 to 27 years.
If in our country, according to the provisions of the Criminal Law, the crime of intentional homicide is committed, it shall be sentenced to death, life imprisonment or fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years;
As in the case of this case, the criminal suspect's subjective malignancy is large, the personal danger is great, the criminal circumstances are extremely serious, the criminal means are very cruel, resulting in 20 deaths and mutilated corpses in a year, which is applicable to the death penalty and is very likely to be executed.
However, South Korea has not carried out the death penalty for many years, even considering that Yoo Yong-chul's crimes are very serious, causing panic among the Korean people, Yoo Yong-chul has not been executed, of course, because he is ill, he is likely to eventually die of epilepsy.
The case was a sensation, and many people analyzed why Liu Yongzhe would take such a path after the case, because his life seemed very abnormal, psychologically distorted, and he had a strong sense of revenge, in addition to poverty, illness, the departure of his wife and girlfriend, some people also thought that this was a phenomenon of homicide poisoning, in order to seek excitement and pursue the dominance of the fantasy world.
There have been serial killings in various countries, and the perpetrators have committed crimes with cruel means, disregarding the lives and laws of others, completely destroying humanity in one killing after another, but in the end, they must also be punished by the law and punished for their own actions.