Chapter 156 – Death Row (1)
An informal cabinet meeting attended by Yeriel, the president of the association, and representatives from each organization.
In an important place that determines the future of the Republic of Korea, nonsense came out without fail today.
“So, how about reinstating the death penalty this time…”
“…”
“……”
It hasn’t been long since the meeting started yet.
Does everyone get crazy when they do politics?
The others were silent for a long time.
Yeriel laughs awkwardly, wondering what kind of joke she is.
I felt the need to clear things up once and for all.
“Okay, so shall we put the bastard to death first?”
“Ah, no such…”
The speaker looked around as if he was unfair, but soon realized that he had made a mistake.
The informal meeting was attended by officials from the Ministry of Justice…
Even those who hated me like they would eat me didn’t say a word.
The death penalty is such an absurd nonsense.
“I’m still in my first year…”
Across the screen, the president also said something like that.
In the end, the discussion on the death penalty was safely ignored.
Although the hunters are difficult to control, there is no need to resurrect them.
Common sense is unreasonable.
As soon as I came out of the conference room, I gave Seo Ji-yu an order.
“Mr. Jiyu, look to see if there has been any talk about the death penalty recently.”
“Yes, the death penalty? Did the topic of the death penalty come up at the meeting?”
“Yes. That nobleman wouldn’t have brought up the death penalty for no reason…”
Apart from public awareness.
The death penalty was an issue that was actively discussed until very recently.
South Korea is a case where only the death penalty is sentenced but not executed…
Not only abolishing the death penalty altogether, but also talking about reviving the death penalty is not uncommon.
Of course, until now, the status quo has been maintained.
“We are not properly catching various corruptions, but the death penalty system will work well.”
The last time the death penalty was enforced was in 1997.
Seo Ji-yu, who was diligently tapping her smartphone with her newly-nailed fingers, found the issue before long.
“Chief, I think it’s because of this?”
“What?”
“The former Hunter, who was originally sentenced to death, is about to be released. It’s causing a stir on the Internet right now.”
“What?”
If it were Hunter, he would have stayed for about 20 years at the earliest…
Death penalty?
I was perplexed and searched for detailed information, but it wasn’t long before I understood.
There were circumstances in this man’s death sentence.
“Ah, at that time it was treated as a wartime situation…”
“What about wartime?”
“Yes. Originally, when there is a war, everything is handled in a hasty manner.”
It was at the very beginning of the Great Hunter era that the Hunter in question was put on trial.
At that time, it was a chaotic time that could be said to be a shock to the whole society, so I was very determined and hit my brother hard.
In order to control the hunters, they were sentenced to death in the name of wartime.
Im Jeong-hu, a prisoner who was arrested just in time, was a very good subject to show the resoluteness of the judiciary.
During combat operations, he intentionally killed civilians he had a grudge against, and very clear evidence was submitted.
Moreover, he showed no signs of remorse at all.
Rather, he believed in his own ability his and ran rampant.
However, this time, too, it did not go to the death penalty.
“But, anyway, the death penalty was a bit excessive.”
But… As time passed, questions about the death penalty began to emerge.
Lim Jeong-hu committed murder, but the target was only one.
Opinions were raised that the death penalty was excessive, even though it was neither a serial murder nor a mass murder.
Eventually, the death penalty was commuted to life imprisonment shortly after.
But when I thought about it, life imprisonment was a bit too much.
There was a feeling that Lim Jeong-hu’s judgment came out as a way to show it to other hunters.
Thanks to this, the sentence was repeatedly commuted, and finally decided to be sentenced to about 20 years!
Lim Jeong-hoo was to return to society this time after completing the reduced sentence.
“Aha, that’s what happened.”
“The press pulled some provocative headlines, but nothing was wrong.”
If this was the case, I should have known…
Seeing what I have never heard of, it seems that the judiciary is also treating it as a dark history.
Or he wouldn’t have commuted the sentence to 20 years.
Seo Ji-yu looked at me nervously and asked quietly.
“But there’s no place for us to go?”
“Well.”
“Yes? What are you going to do to a guy who has already entered society?”
I don’t have to do anything, but my heart is to want to do something.
He must be… This case is different from a miniature version of the future we will face in the future.
Have the Hunters been reformed properly over the past 20 years?
The hunter criminals I’ve put in prison so far will be released back into society someday.
Most of them won’t even take 20 years like Lim Jeong-hoo.
“Hunter-only prisons have pretty good facilities… Shall we take a look?
“Wait a minute… You have five days left.”
“Enough.”
I immediately contacted the company and requested the necessary equipment and personnel support.
Seo Ji-yu just trembled next to me.
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Just five days after that.
The hunter criminal in question, Lim Jeong-hoo, was finally released from prison.
I was worried that ordinary citizens would approach him prematurely, but…
Fortunately, there were no such mishaps.
Alice, who was looking at the situation at the scene with me, said as if she was surprised.
“Are you pretty quiet?”
“Anyway, a former hunter… Because he’s also a murderer.”
The killer definitely feels a little different.
He had a sense of danger that he could die if he approached the wrong way.
Thanks to that, it was just quiet around him.
As soon as he came out, he went somewhere without hesitation.
We chased him with our bodies in the mobile command vehicle.
“Lim Jeong-hoo’s house was in Seoul, right? Is it still there?”
“Yes, it’s the house. I’ve laid out the equipment nearby.”
The guy with gray hair was often mixed up, and instead of going home, he fell into a side street.
Suddenly, I wondered what to do… Maybe I was hungry, so I drank without hesitation.
When I saw that, I became very anxious.
“It’s a correction, it’s a mess, it’s a pity… I’m going to be arrested again soon.”
Lim Jung-hoo was a habitual ex-convict with severe symptoms of alcoholism.
It was a case where such a guy somehow woke up as a hunter, so the judiciary even hit the death penalty relatively casually.
Of course, now that I think about it, it’s crazy, but…
In times of chaos, it could be seen that he needed something like that at the time he was himself.
“That bastard is a typical drunkard and accident type…”
“By the way, Lim Jeong-hoo doesn’t have any restraints?”
Originally, there should be equipment that can bind the hunter’s ability, but…
It’s not there this time.
I quickly made an excuse to Seo Ji-yu.
“The equipment hasn’t arrived yet.”
“No. You intentionally let it go to see what happens…”
“Uh-huh, the sound of a big day.”
While I was pushing her like that.
The guards watching the inside of the store sent out a signal.
[Chief, it seems that he is trying to escape.]
“What? Why?”
But. Hunter criminals can’t even work properly in prison, so there’s no way they’ll have money?
He was caught so early that he couldn’t even get a hunter’s pension.
Seo Ji-yu was taken aback by my explanation.
“Can criminal hunters also receive hunter pension?”
“That’s right. He never paid for it in the first place, so he can’t get it.”
“Uh, why? Doesn’t the country confiscate it or something?”
“How come… Even looking at that now, you’re saying that? That bastard doesn’t have any money right now, so he’s trying to eat on the radio!”
Seo Ji-yu finally understood.
If you recklessly suppress criminals, that will eventually lead to crime.
I still have a low sense of resistance to criminal acts, but what can I see if I live hard?
I stopped my teammates on the field by radio.
“I didn’t start the operation to catch the radio drunk enough. Let it go for now.”
[Yes.]
“Hey boy, how is your house?”
After receiving the report, I thought that I had asked for no reason.
Lim Jeong-hu’s house was really terrible.
Originally, it was a detached house in the outskirts of the city… It had been neglected for 20 years, and it was almost half destroyed as if a monster had invaded it once in the middle.
Even if I sell it like this, I won’t get the money properly.
“This isn’t a house anyone can live in.”
The problem starts here.
What will he do when he arrives home?
If he behaved well, I decided to do some home repairs.
In fact, the preparations were roughly finished.
Of course, Seo Ji-yu invariably protested.
“Not just preparing a rental house, but repairing the house?”
“Why are you giving me a rental house? What’s wrong with the residents who will live next door to that nobleman? And didn’t you know that I’m sweet to ex-convicts in my own way?”
“…”
Seo Ji-yu, who belatedly realized her own situation, bit her mouth tightly.
In the meantime, Lim Jeong-hu, who arrived at the house, smiled at the collapsed house.
“…”
After standing around for a long time, he made a mask out of the least decent clothes in the house and put it on.
Right after. The equipment installed near the bastard’s house sent signals all at once.
Beep!
“What else is this?”
“Small mana sensor. Thanks to the mana conversion technology that was distributed free of charge last time, the unit cost of production has been drastically reduced.”
“Ah… Uh, then, did he just use his powers?”
“Yeah. It’s been a while since I tested it.”
I was ready to run out at any time, forevoding a bad ending.
