01x06 - If I Were a Whale...

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WOO YOUNG-WOO

-What is your name?
-Gye Hyang-sim.

"Gye" with a "G."

GUREUM ORPHANAGE

Your daughter's name?

Gye Ha-yun.

Her name is fashionable, right?

I chose Ha-yun because I've heard
that name's popular in South Korea.

Her surname will stand out.

It was important that at least
her first name didn't draw attention.

Is she heavy?
We could place her on the couch.

I'm all right.

I just… want to hold her.

She's sound asleep.
Does she usually sleep this early?

I gave her medicine.

"Medicine"? To your child?

If Ha-yun is awake,
she won't let me leave without her.

Uh-huh.

And what is your address?

Listen. I'm not abandoning my daughter.

Don't put her up for adoption.

All right? Soon, I'll come
to take her back.

Right.

-Yet, still, we need an address, so--
-What, you don't believe me?

I would never just desert my daughter.

I have no other choice than to leave her
as I'll probably be in a labor camp.

What's that mean?

I'm going to prison.

For a while.

So I assume you're a…
a North Korean defector?

Ha-yun is innocent. Don't be cruel
to her because I'm a defector.

Remember, I'm the one
who's the criminal here.

I swear. I will return
for Ha-yun at any price.

I understand.

Mommy!

-Mommy! Mommy!
-Ha-yun! Ha-yun, you can't go!

-Mommy!
-You can't go.

-Mommy! Mommy!
-Ha-yun, honey!

I'll come back.

-Mommy! Mommy!
-It will be okay.

Calm down.

Come back!

Mommy!

Mommy!

Mommy! Mommy!

Come back!

Mommy!

Mommy!

Mommy!

CASE 6
IF I WERE A WHALE…

Oh, yes.

-Uh-huh?
-Atty. Jung, you called me?

Mm-hmm. Uh…

Atty. Choi has been working
on a public interest case.

A defector charged
with aggravated robbery.

"A defector charged
with aggravated robbery."

Uh, I personally don't think
that there is much we can do.

Atty. Choi has become a little…
overzealous about it.

It seems she's
over-empathizing with the defendant.

Uh, so I was thinking you could help her

and "whoa, whoa" her down,
what do you think?

"Whoa, whoa"? Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

Yes, so you'll need
to cool Atty. Choi down

so that she doesn't treat
this case too emotionally.

Just, "Whoa, whoa."

-Whoa, whoa.
-Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

-Whoa, whoa.
-Whoa, whoa.

Help her relax. Whoa--

Whoa. Get going.

-Whoa…
-Cool her down.

Whoa, whoa.

Whoa, whoa.

Whoa, whoa.

Come in.

Mm…

Did you not get dressed for work
or did you not leave here?

"Leave here"? That must be nice.

Having general plans
or any life outside work?

That seems like something
that only exists in fantasies.

Ugh…

Are you all right? Are you busy?

Yeah.

I am.

My wrists hurt
from ten hours of typing yesterday.

I have autism spectrum disorder already,

but I could get
carpal tunnel syndrome at this rate.

My nose hairs are turning white
from sleep deprivation.

I'm on the public interest case with you.

The North Korean defector charged
with aggravated robbery.

What? Hyang-sim's case?

Who is Hyang-sim?

The defendant's name is Gye Hyang-sim.

I've met her once, and she's really cool.

Like a tough older sister.

Atty. Jung is concerned that you're
too emotionally involved with this case.

That you're overly empathizing
with Hyang-sim.

-Really?
-Mm.

He told me to "whoa, whoa" you.

Whoa, whoa.

Whoa, whoa.

Whoa, whoa.

Atty. Woo. Have you been
to a detention center before?

No. I've not been to one yet.

Request a visitation, then.
It's time that you met Hyang-sim.

Oh, hello.

Hi, Atty. Choi.

Hi, how are you?

Hyang-sim, let me introduce,
co-counsel on your case, Atty. Woo.

Hi, I am Woo Young-woo
from Hanbada Law Firm.

Whether it's read straight or flipped,
it's still Woo Young-woo.

Kayak, deed, rotator,
noon, racecar, Woo Young-woo.

Uh…

"Woo Hyang-woo"?

What?

-No.
-Why don't we…

Why don't we all sit down?

Okay.

How is it in here?
Are you okay? It must be tough.

Staying in here?

Yeah. I've got food and a roof.

It's almost like a hotel.

I just… I just miss Ha-yun so much.

Not having her by me breaks my heart.

Ms. Gye, I've heard
you're a North Korean defector,

but you don't sound North Korean.

Comrade Woo Hyang-woo.

Why say that
when it's been years since I defected?

Wow, the prisons in South Joseon
are like five-star hotels!

Does that sound more like
a North Korean defector?

Uh, I'm sorry.

Let's talk about the case.

Since Atty. Woo just met you,
we'll go back to the beginning.

Did you and the victim, Lee Sun-yeong,
know each other beforehand?

Oh, no. Lee Sun-yeong is not a defector.

Normally, we'd never cross paths.

I met her that day
when I went to get the money.

I really only know her because of Mom.

"Mom"?

You mean North Korean
defector broker, Choi Yeong-hui?

She's not my real mother, a foster mother.

And, um, we called her Mom.

If only she'd paid back her debt,
this wouldn't have happened.

Allow me to summarize.

Five years ago, you approached the "Mom,"

a North Korean defector broker
known as Choi Yeong-hui.

It was a request for the ten million won
she borrowed from you.

And her reply to you

was that all the money she owed
wouldn't be paid back directly,

Choi Yeong-hui told you
that Lee Sun-yeong owed her a debt.

And the money instead
could be collected from her.

Mm-hmm.

Lee Sun-yeong owed Mom a debt,
and that's why we went there.

And she gave us the ten million.

Jeong-hui?

Kim Jeong-hui, your accomplice, right?

Comrade Woo Hyang-woo.

Your brain hurts
because there's too many people involved?

No.

Kim Jeong-hui was your friend, correct?

Well, we're not really that close.

We spent time together
when I first got here.

We know each other through Mom.

She's also a defector, the same age as me.

You two were going
to split up the ten million

once Lee Sun-yeong
gave it to you, though, right?

Yes, that's right!
The problem was, would Lee Sun-yeong

give us the cash that she wouldn't
hand over to Mom herself, you know?

We planned to intimidate her
into paying us,

so Jeong-hui and I had to scare her
and convince her we had nothing to lose.

Hey, get back there, fast.

I swear.

Hey, look!

I can't believe it.

She didn't lock her door.

She must not be afraid?

Look at that.
She's got some ba*ls, doesn't she?

Jeong-hui, careful. Be ready for anything.

She won't just hand the money over.

She's probably pretty tough.
I mean, she took Mom's money and ran.

Don't show weakness.
I'm gonna handle this, all right?

We'll show no mercy.
Everyone sought the sight of the DMZ.

Let's go.

Grab one.

Lee Sun-yeong!

Get your a*s out here, you hear me?

Where are you?

You.

Hand over the Mom's money!

-What… what money?
-"What money?"

Liar! It's time to pay
the debt you owe or you'll regret it.

Tell us!

Where's the money at, huh? Where?

I bet it's in that room.

No!

Please, just let it go!
You have no idea what I'm going through.

Hey!

Shut up, you f*cking thief!

Don't b*tch at us about suffering!

That's right! Get out of the way!

No, you can't!

Do something!

Hey, let go!

Let her go!

Let me go!

Hey!

Hey, Lee Sun-yeong,
just hand over the money, huh? Now!

That's it! They gotta keep quiet.
I've had enough of this.

Hello? Police?

I live in 52 Dongbaek-gil.

They're at it again upstairs!

They're always so loud,
I can never get any rest.

Come as soon as you can.

I swear.

The police came because the landlord
who lives below the victim called.

Then you and Kim Jeong-hui were arrested
on site shortly after, correct?

I swear to you, we barely touched her.

But when the police came, there…

there was glass and a brick lying there,
a wooden stick on the ground,

so it seemed worse than it was.

At the time, you had applied
for a jury trial with Kim Jeong-hui.

Kim Jeong-hui appeared in court

and received four years
for aggravated robbery,

but you fled before the trial.

Why did you run away?

"Four years"…

Then Jeong-hui must be out already.

Yes, I think so.

But why run away from the trial?

Jeong-hui isn't a mother.

I had a daughter to raise.

Ha-yun was only
three years old at the time.

If I got sent to the correctional
labor camp, I'd never see her again.

I'm a North Korean defector.

I have no family here.

Mom's not my real mother, you know.

And the friend I had wasn't a real friend.

Ha-yun had a father.

But shortly after she was born,
he died in an awful car accident.

Without me around,
there would be nobody to look after her.

What about now?

Do you know where Ha-yun is?

I left her at an orphanage.

It was near the police station I went to.

Couldn't you have left her
at an orphanage five years earlier?

If I surrendered her back then,
Ha-yun wouldn't know who I was.

She was too young.

But she's eight now.

So when I return for her,
she'll remember her mother.

You fled so you could raise her
until she reached an age

where she could remember you?

That's right.

And now, Ha-yun
has to start her education.

I've got to stop living as a fugitive.

It's only right that I serve
my time and then return.

Like a mother whale.

Huh?

Well, the maternal instincts of whales
are notorious for their dedication.

Because the ocean
is a hazardous place to be raising babies.

Oh…

How did you get by after you ran away?

You wouldn't have been given
any subsidies.

How did you manage to survive?

I was a cleaner at a motel.

I paid for a room,
and Ha-yun stayed with me there.

I feel awful
when I think about it.

Most kids go to kindergarten
or preschool or something.

Ha-yun had a hotel room, that's all…

…because she got me as a mother.

She was probably just happy
to be with her mother.

Really?

Do you really think that?

Yeah, I really think that.

Um, I was wondering,

if I get four years
like Jeong-hui did before,

please, could you just…
bring Ha-yun one time to visit?

I'm sure you're very busy.

But just this one thing, I beg of you.

Don't think about that!

What do you mean
"four years like Jeong-hui did before"?

Gye Hyang-sim
must get probation at any cost!

And we'll do everything in our power

to ensure that the defendant
gets probation, sir.

So passionate.

It seems like the defendant
must be irresistibly charming?

Because everybody
she meets gets so fired up.

What happened
to the "whoa, whoa" technique?

You know, injury resulting from robbery
is as difficult to defend as m*rder.

-Know why?
-Mm…

-How high the penalties are?
-Bingo!

And what's the penalty
for aggravated robbery?

A life sentence or a minimum
seven years in prison.

That's right, at least seven years.

What's the maximum amount
that can be reduced from this penalty?

Mitigation in extenuating circumstances
can't exceed half of the prison term,

so with a fixed prison sentence,
it's at least three years and six months.

Probation applies to prison terms
of less than three years.

So without mitigating
for extenuating circumstances

as well as statutory mitigation
to reduce it even more,

you won't be able to get probation.

That's why injury resulting from robbery
always ends with prison time.

Plus, the defendant ran away.

That might lead
to worse punishment, not less.

Hmm.

This case is unusual.

We haven't even started,
but the answers are there.

Like the defendant already had her trial.

Is that because she had an accomplice?

That's right.

Gye Hyang-sim and Kim Jeong-hui,
they have the same issues, right?

By being tried first,
Kim Jeong-hui claimed

that all that could be claimed

and everything that could
be dismissed already has been.

And the outcome was…

…the four-year sentence.

At the time, Gye Hyang-sim says
that she grabbed the victim's clothes

and hit her a couple
of times to intimidate.

We could claim this level of as*ault

cannot be seen legally
as bodily harm, right?

Here. The victim was hurt pretty badly.

Um, okay, but now that I'm seeing these,
something isn't right here.

Gye Hyang-sim is a small woman.

Her accomplice could be a bit bigger.

But even so, two women
attacked her with their bare hands.

And were arrested
within minutes by the police.

Was there really an opportunity
to cause injuries of this severity?

All right. Well, I guess
we should look into it a bit further.

Right. Uh, also,
we are planning to meet up

with Kim's attorney from five years back.

He might be able to tell us

if something felt out of place
the first time around.

Okay, well, that's not such a bad idea.

But time is the most critical resource.

Balance your time,
so that you two don't waste a moment.

-Will do.
-I understand.

Mm.

-Make her do her "whoa whoas".
-Right.

Hey, Min-woo.

I'm going to tell you a story.

There's this person, a girl.

And I think… I think, but I'm not sure

that I'm making that person think
that I don't like them.

That's what I think. That's it.

And you do like them?

Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

What's the matter? Just tell them that.

Yeah.

It's not that easy, you know.

Why?

It's an office romance.

Hey. At Hanbada,
you're like the most eligible bachelor.

Hey, Jun-h*.
Just hand out numbers to them.

You're one. You're two. And you're three.

-You date them all.
-That's just some straight-up nonsense.

Man, forget it.

I'm done. Hand me the bottle.

-It's an attorney, right?
-"Attorney"?

Why would you even care, huh?

It's just someone who I see, you know?

Well, um, someone
who I see fairly often too.

Ah! She's in litigation.

Man, let me guess.

It can't be Woo Young-woo. No way!

Gosh! I said forget it.

And don't…

You know what you are?

You're a moron! A big idiot!

You're just obsessed with gossip, right?

So just go to sleep.

I mean,
I'm just trying to help you.

But I can only help if I know who it is.

Hey, go ahead and tell me, huh?

Oh, Jun-h*.

I just figured it out, I think.

I'm sure I know who it is.

Choi…

You heard what the judge said, right?

You have to come back again in two weeks.

-Yeah.
-Mm-hmm.

Got any spare change?
I need to catch a bus home.

Here we go.

"Catch a bus home"
when you don't have a home?

See you.

Atty. Kwon, excuse me.

Uh, I'm Choi Su-yeon.
I contacted you.

This is Atty. Woo Young-woo.

Ah, Hanbada?

Yes, I reached out regarding two clients
you represented five years ago.

Kim Jeong-hui and Gye Hyang-sim,
do you remember that?

I have a trial in five minutes.
How about we talk on the way?

Yes.

Did Gye Hyang-sim resurface?

At the time,
she fled before her court date.

Yes, she came back.

I don't know.
I doubt I could be of any help.

It's been over five years.
I can't remember a whole lot.

Public defenders like myself,
our caseloads are overwhelming.

After we finish a case,
we're already out to the next one.

You ever wish you had done
something different?

If you'd had time to look
into the details further,

or follow up on some lead
you'd passed up on?

Not really.

Uh, Gye Hyang-sim is on the smaller side.

But how was Kim Jeong-hui?

How big was she?

I think they both were small.

These photos of the victim, Lee Sun-yeong,
were taken right after the incident.

Remember?

Aren't these injuries too severe

to be the work of two small women
in such a short period of time?

Yeah, you have a point there.

But on the other hand,

the most powerful and hardest opinion
to flip in a criminal trial is…

Yeah?

A doctor's diagnosis.

-Huh.
-But if you think about it,

most of the medical opinions
used in the criminal trials

are just speculation based on
what the patient tells the doctor.

So very few of them
have an objective test to back them up.

Which is why it's so normal for there
to be some ambiguity involved.

And even with that,
it's very difficult to refute.

Ah!

Now that I think about that doctor,
I remember, he was pretty biased.

The doctor?

The expert witness
who wrote the victim's diagnosis.

It was by coincidence that I…
I read a piece that he wrote

after the trial in the newspaper.

It was about North Korean defectors,
and it was… How do I say this?

A little bit prejudiced against them,
to be honest.

Do you happen to remember
the title of the piece?

Just a moment, I'll find it.

Here it is.

"A Korean woman who was assaulted
by North Korean defectors came to see me."

He's talking about the case.

I felt a bit bitter after reading this.

In a case where all the defendants
are North Korean defectors,

I thought, "Why did someone like him
have to write the diagnosis?"

Here's Lee Sun-yeong's house.

Her house is up the stairs
on the second floor.

Okay. Shall we go?

Yes.

Damn it.

This sh*thole of a house.

Where are you going?

-Where are you going? Honey!
-Let go.

Ah!

Are you okay, Young-woo?

You can't take that money!

Shut up!

So dramatic.

I'm calling the police, Jun-h*, okay?

I can't deal with this anymore.

Just a moment.
I think someone's already calling them.

Police? This is 52 Dongbaek-gil.

I'm about to go crazy
because of all of the noise upstairs!

Hurry! Please send someone over.

How many times is this now? Seriously!

Hurry!

Ms. Lee Sun-yeong.

Ms. Lee Sun-yeong.

We're attorneys
representing Ms. Gye Hyang-sim.

We'd like
to talk to you real quick.

If I die before my time,

-it's because of the man upstairs.
-Ms. Lee Sun-yeong.

Oh, he breaks things and throws things.

It's hard on my poor heart.
And I'm always worried about it.

There are days where I
wanna kick them out once and for good.

But I pity that poor woman
and I can't do it.

All these years later,
and nothing is better!

I can't take it! When is it going to end?

So you've called the police
every time they get loud like that?

I did.

You think that wife-beater
listens to me when I try to stop him?

It's just he calms down
whenever the police arrive.

Even if for a little while.

So you must've called them
five years ago too, right?

Of course!

Ah! But now,
when I call and they hear my address,

the precinct dispatches officers

almost like they're delivering
a pizza or something.

Where's Lee Sun-yeong? Did you meet her?

No, she won't open the door.

I bet she's hiding somewhere inside.

Can you imagine
always getting beat up like that?

I'm sick of this, just sick of it.

It seems she placed the call
to the police every time they fought

at Lee Sun-yeong's place.

So wouldn't there be reports
from before the incident?

You're right.
Let's go find the report records.

Uh…

-Uh, are you okay--
-Atty. Woo.

Please text me
after you've sent it.

Okay.

Come on, now.

You like Jun-h*, don't you?

What?

I wonder how Jun-h*
as a person makes you feel.

Atty. Kwon, you need to get a hobby.

He has eyes for someone, Atty. Choi.
I think that someone is you.

What?

The person in question,

she's an attorney in litigation,
and is someone he sees often.

So I'm betting it's you.

What?

You don't like Jun-h*
because he's not a lawyer?

Uh…

Did he say something to you
in regards to me?

I don't know.

We're roomies, so we do talk a lot.

Curious?

No.

Therefore, we'd like to summon
the victim, Lee Sun-yeong, as a witness.

Your Honor.

The victim completed cross-examination
at the trial five years ago.

Summoning the victim
as a witness today is unfair.

What right does a defendant who ran away
and then comes back five years later have?

What gives her the right
to drag the victim through another trial?

-The court has already--
-It is the people's basic right

to get a fair trial.

Is the defendant who fled
and then came back not a Korean citizen?

-The victim--
-Just a moment.

Attorney, tell me,
what is your family origin?

-What?
-Your origins.

Tell me your surname, please.

Uh, the Woo family of Danyang.

Danyang is in Chungcheongbuk-do, right?

And yet, you're cutting people off
like you're in some kind of a rush?

That's not like someone
from Chungcheongbuk-do.

What?

Cutting people off
makes you look bad, Attorney.

Stop doing it.

In this courtroom
where I am the presiding judge,

cutting people off is prohibited.

Oh, okay.

Excuse me,
Your Honor, with all due respect,

isn't your family
the Ryu family of Pungsan?

Attorney, how did you know about that?

The Ryu family, I believe,
has a rich and very long history

in Andong Hahoe Village, am I right?

I could tell because
you exude the values of that region.

Is that so?

My family's from Andong.

Since Pungsan is a part
of Andong, broadly speaking,

you could say we are
from the same hometown.

Isn't that right, Your Honor?

Ah, well, I suppose that's true.

Nice to meet you.

Likewise.

Excuse me, Your Honor.

About summoning the victim,
Lee Sun-yeong, as a witness--

What is your family origin, Attorney?

Uh, excuse me, Your Honor.

You've just cut someone off
while she was speaking.

Pardon?

"In this courtroom
where you are the presiding judge,

cutting people off is prohibited.

It's against the rules."

From now until we finish the trial,

if you want to talk,
you must put your hand up to do so.

You cannot open
your mouth without my permission.

What is it?

Sir, my family origin
is the Choi family of Wonju.

Judge Choi Bo-yeon's chambers
are on the same floor as yours, sir.

He's also from the Wonju Chois.

And he…

is my father as well.

Really?

The Chief Judge Choi is your father?

-Yes.
-Oh, wow.

Yes. He happens to be

a well-respected colleague
of mine, you know.

We even have dinner together
from time to time.

I heard in passing
that his son is a doctor.

But his daughter is an attorney?

Yes. It seems like he did well
by his children.

I envy him.

Thanks so much.

I'll be sure to send my father
your kind remarks.

Yes, of course, all right. That's great.

My goodness.

Okay, what were we discussing?

We were discussing
calling the victim as a witness.

Oh, right, right. Approved. Let's do that.

What?

Well, we're going through with the trial,
we should do it right.

What? Is… is there a problem?

Uh…

Um… Uh… Nothing's wrong, sir.

I'd be a good detective. It's so her.

They look good together.

They're such an equal match.

Don't you think that Jun-h*
has a thing for Atty. Choi?

Ah, I prefer tea, for sure.

-I agree.
-Coffee makes me shaky.

I guess you
wouldn't know about that stuff, huh?

-Yes. I will.
-Really?

I wonder where my other half is.

-Let's go together sometime.
-Okay.

The next witness
is the victim, Lee Sun-yeong.

Witness, please take the stand.

ATTORNEYS, DEFENDANT

JURY

PROSECUTOR

"On my conscience,

I do solemnly swear

I will make this statement
without concealment,

speaking nothing but the truth,
and that any false statement

is punishable by law as perjury."

Counselor, the witness is yours.

Ah, wait.

Atty. Choi, you go.

What?

Well, they're sympathetic to the victim,
so we shouldn't begin too stiffly.

Atty. Choi, get out there and be gentle.

Uh, okay.

Good morning, Ms. Sun-yeong.

Hi.

I know it's hard for you to come back
and talk about this incident,

so thanks for being here
and giving your testimony.

You seem to have
a lot of cuts and bruises.

How did you get those?

Objection.

That question is irrelevant.

Are we here to exchange pleasantries?

Your Honor, may I question her
a bit more, please?

I have a relevant point to make.

I've decided since she says
it's relevant, we'll keep listening.

You're overruled.

Could you please tell the court
how you suffered these injuries?

I…

Yeah, well…

Perhaps…

your husband caused these injuries?

Objection!

This is irrelevant!

On November 6th,
two days before the incident,

there are police records
saying they were called

due to her husband
assaulting her mercilessly.

Being able to differentiate

whether her injuries
were caused by the defendant's as*ault

or if her husband is the one
responsible for her injuries is important.

We have to consider this record of abuse.

I see
what you're saying, Counselor.

So moving forward,

stick to questions about what happened
at the time of the incident.

No more questions about current injuries.

Yes, sir.

So I'll ask you one more time.

Witness, do you recall the police
coming to your house

in 2017 on the 6th of November?



That's already five years ago.

I honestly can't remember.

That day, your husband hit you,

so the landlord, who lives below you
had to contact the police.

Here. These are the police records.
Ring any bells?

No, I… I don't remember.

It's all lies!

Has he hit you so many times
that you have brain damage or something?

What do you think you're doing? Stop that!

Defendant, what was that?

Sir, she wasn't beaten up by us.

Even if we planned to, there was no time!

The police came so fast.

But that, that, that lowlife
has other motives, don't you?

She's trying to take all the beatings
she gets from her husband,

and frame me for every time
he's laid hands on her!

She keeps lying about what happened!

Your Honor.

The defendant's insulting the victim,
and making a mockery of the courtroom.

She shows absolutely
no remorse for her wrongdoing!

Yes.

That is true.

It's plain to see.

Your Honor--

You have to raise your hand to speak.

Huh?

In this trial, attorneys
must raise their hands first

if they have something to say.

Don't talk before the judge
gives us permission to speak.

But why?

I think it's because his family
is the Ryu family of Pungsan.

What's going on?

Uh, yes.

Your Honor, we apologize.

The defendant isn't used to trials,
so in her excitement,

she made remarks that she didn't mean.

Um, could we have a recess
so the defendant can calm down a bit?

Prosecution, do you have questions
for the witness?

Uh…

I… I…

I don't, Your Honor.

Witness, you may go home now.

The victim and defendant

will not be allowed
to meet inside this courtroom again.

Let's take a ten-minute recess.

All rise.

Defendant.

Get a hold of yourself!

You can't get in our way like that.

"Get in your way"?

I only spoke up because none
of you would state the obvious.

You did speak up
and it worked out well, huh?

There is an order
and formality in a trial.

It's not a brawl.

We'll handle this strategically.
So help us out here.

Attorneys strategize.

But when a defector does it,
then it becomes a petty little brawl?

What do you think I am, huh?

-Atty. Jung didn't mean anything.
-What did he mean, then?

Are you siding with him
because of attorney loyalty or something?

I spoke up because I'm too frustrated

to stand by silently
and watch you implode!

Whoa, whoa.

Whoa, whoa.

This trial is not for you
to explode with anger.

It's to get a reduction on your sentence.

Think of your daughter
waiting at the orphanage.

If you want
to see Ha-yun again and quickly,

you have to listen to our advice.

Whoa, whoa.

Whoa, whoa.

Whoa, whoa.

Whoa, whoa. Good job there.

Stop, stop.

The doctor is next?

Yes.

We'll be fortunate if he accepts

that the injuries
might be from the husband.

If he starts to get tough,
we'll have to get tough too.

Emphasize the witness' bias
against North Korean defectors

to discredit him.

Uh, I'm thinking…

Atty. Woo, you go.

Because I'm…

a little tough?

Mm. You can do it.

Okay.

WITNESS

This is the diagnosis of the injuries

you wrote five years ago
after seeing the victim yourself.

If you could, please read
the underlined part?

Sure.

Uh, two weeks of treatment needed

"for sprains and strain of the cervical
spine from the date of diagnosis.

Lacerations and bruises all over the body
due to indiscriminate as*ault.

Damage to the hair roots and scalp
caused by traumatic pulling by the hair."

So, then, what do you think
the primary cause of these symptoms were?

Well…

It was from the as*ault by the defendant
over there and her accomplice.

The two of them caused that damage.

That is all.

Counselor,
you may question the witness.

On November 6th, 2017,
two days before the incident,

there are police reports
saying they were called

because Lee Sun-yeong's husband
was hitting her.

When you wrote your diagnosis,
were you aware of this fact?

No, I wasn't aware.

So now that you do, is it possible
the injuries of Lee Sun-yeong,

the cuts and bruises,

could've been caused
by her husband and not the defendant?

Even so, it is my opinion
that damage was done by the defendant.

Why is that?

It's not like the name of the person
responsible is written on injuries.

I can tell from looking at the injuries.

I'm confident. It's my expertise.

Could you explain how you can tell

based on some medical facts,
if you please?

Well, I already…

I have given my, um, analysis
of the injuries as a doctor.

What more do you suggest I do
in order to prove the findings?

Is there more than…
than the facts to base it on?

Hmm.

-Push him.
-Hmm.

Early 2018.

You wrote this article for a newspaper.
Just read the title, please.

Objection.

That question is irrelevant.

-What is it?
-Your Honor, the title of this piece says,

"A Korean woman who was assaulted
by North Korean defectors came to see me."

So the piece directly mentions the crime,
which means this piece is not irrelevant.

That's overruled.

Counselor, continue.

Witness, please read
the title of the article.

If it pleases the court,

I would rather not talk about this.

Are you refusing to testify?

For what reason?

I've received lots of, uh,
criticisms for publishing that.

Many hateful comments, phone threats,
and, and death threats mailed to me.

Unfortunately, those don't fall

under the legal reasons
for refusal to testify.

Read the title of the piece.

"North Korean defectors
are becoming criminals."

The witness argues, "In Korean society,

these North Korean defectors
are already a huge problem,"

and that "the government giving
North Korean defectors money to settle

is like providing criminals
with an incentive for criminal acts."

Is this correct?

Come on.

I mean…

I'm not biased or anything,
even close to that,

the statistics speak for themselves.

Do you know the violent crime rate
of North Korean defectors?

It's as much as ten percent.

More than twice the average
crime rate of South Koreans.

The rate of second offenders

is furthermore more than five times
the rate of South Koreans.

You really don't believe that North Korean
defectors aren't criminals, right?

So tell me. Your opinion of how
you're able to tell who caused an injury

just by looking at the victim is

unrelated to your usual opinions
on North Korean defectors?

What?

The defendant's more at fault
than the victim's husband.

Isn't that what you actually mean?

Because the husband is South Korean,
but the defendant's North Korean?

Objection. Leading.

Sustained.

You want my honest opinion?

You make an a*usive husband
out of a normal South Korean man

just to… just to do something nice
for a North Korean defector?

Do I have that right?

What?

This is crazy.
This trial's paid for with taxpayer money.

So then, should we protect
South Korean citizens

or North Korean defectors?

Hey, hey, hey, hey!

Simmer down.
We've got the jury on our side now.

Hmm. While you are entitled
to your individual opinions,

in this courtroom,
defectors' rights are respected.

They are South Korean citizens.

Uh, yes, of course.

Of course.

That b*stard's just eating?

b*stard's having
a little tea party at my expense?

How can you eat,
you miserable idiot?

-Back off! Are you crazy?
-Are you crazy?

All the countless hours spent,
convincing the chairman of the GRD

to sign with us exclusively!

GRD what?

Listen, as*h*le!

I had the Group of Righteous Doctors
sign with me, but not anymore!

You put Kwon Byeong-gil
on the witness stand

without knowing he's a GRD exec?

Can you imagine the reaming
I got from the Chairman just now, huh?

This is amateur hour!

Apparently, Kwon Byeong-gil said
he didn't want to discuss the piece.

But the attorneys at Hanbada

insisted that he talk
about the whole thing! Come on!

I just…

I don't know.

All this because of some
public interest case with the rookies?

Really, Myeong-seok?

You're too experienced
to allow a kind of screwup like this!

How could you cost us a client

who is worth billions
for your public interest case?

Are you a child?

I get it. I'm sorry.

The only teammate that I can trust

turns on me when I need him
the most to do some charity?

God, you're k*lling me!

I'm the only one
looking out for the firm here!

My apologies for not vetting the witness.

I'm very sorry for making you lose
a client that's worth billions.

No, don't apologize. You did fine.

It's my fault.

It is my fault and I'm quite
embarrassed at the moment.

But this isn't…

a "mere defector"
or just "some public interest case."

Let's continue on.

Even if the case
isn't worth billions.

We have to do our best.

Uh, yes.

Yes.

Mm-hmm.

Finish up, and, uh…

I'm going to excuse myself now.

Wow.

ESTABLISHMENT OF LAW AND ORDER

-Mom?
-Ha-yun.

-Mom!
-Ha-yun.

Mom!

Mom!

Mommy's so sorry.

Mama. Mommy!

-I love you. Sorry, Ha-yun.
-Mom!

That was fun, wasn't it?

Come on, let's go.

All right, who's on me?

Okay.

Okay, let's get you down here.

EXCELLENCE AWARD, EFFORT AWARD
CONCESSION AWARD

FAMILY SPORTS DAY
WITH DREAMS AND HOPE

Hey, Young-woo. Have some fruit.

-Good job. There we go. Yeah.
-Are you happy with your sister?

Young-woo? Here, take it.

-Dad.
-Yeah?

Why don't I have a mom?

The statutory penalty for injury
resulting from robbery is too high.

m*rder is at least five years.

So how is aggravated robbery seven years?

Wait, can we file for adjudication
on the constitutionality of the law?

If the Constitutional Court
finds this unconstitutional,

Hyang-sim walks free, doesn't she?

It has been tried before.

In 2001, 2006, and 2016.

And? They all failed?

Mm. All ended up constitutional.

A North Korean is technically
a kind of refugee, right?

Shouldn't there be laws

that are sympathetic to refugees,
immigrants, or foreigners?

There aren't.

Think hard. Come on.
Isn't there something?

No, there's nothing.
And there shouldn't be.

That'd be like giving a criminal license
to refugees, immigrants, and foreigners.

What more is there, huh?

Atty. Woo, you're a genius.

Think! Come on!

It's a bit of a stretch, perhaps,
but I have an idea.

What is it?

North Korean law.

"North Korean law"?

Yes, there is robbery
in North Korea too.

Article 288 of North Korean Criminal Law.
Robbery of personal property.

"Someone who has robbed
a personal property

by means of as*ault
or threats against a person

will be sentenced
to four years in a labor camp."

Yes, Your Honor.

Criminal Law published
by the Kim Il Sung University Publishers.

Unlike in South Korea,
North Korea's crime of robbery

requires a high level of intensity
in both the as*ault and threats.

The as*ault should be
intense enough to k*ll or seriously injure

and threats should be those of an as*ault

that will result
in immediate death or serious injury

unless the victim complies
with the criminal's requests.

But here, my client attempted
to steal the property.

However, she did not attempt
to m*rder anyone.

In this case, the crime
is only the stealing of property.

"The crime is the stealing of property"?

Article 284 of the North Korean Law.
"A crime of stealing property.

Someone who steals personal property

will be sentenced to a maximum
of one year of labor discipline."

Please focus
on the sentence, Your Honor.

Robbery is a maximum of four years
in a correctional labor camp,

which means, a maximum
of four years imprisonment.

But the sentence
for stealing personal property

is a maximum of one year
of labor discipline.

In South Korea, this would be
a mere sentence

of one year of community service maximum.

All right. That's enough
lecturing on North Korean law.

Tell me. What exactly
are you trying to claim here?

The defendant is a lot more used
to North Korean law than South Korean law.

The defendant only tried to get back
the money she was owed.

There was no intent to rob the money
by oppressing the victim's free will.

Moreover, she did not think
that her actions

fell under aggravated robbery,
which would sentence her

to possibly life, but a minimum
of seven years imprisonment

because in North Korea,

the defendant's crimes aren't enough
to establish aggravated robbery.

The attorneys are claiming

that since the defendant thought,
"Well, this isn't robbery in North Korea,

so on that technicality,
it's not robbery."

I've never heard of such an argument.

Your Honor, this is farfetched logic
nobody's ever seen or heard.

It's a bit unprecedented, yes.

But perhaps we
should look into it a little more.

Defendant.

Did you think
you weren't committing robbery

because you were more used
to North Korean law from back home, then?

Uh…

Yeah.

Is that so?

What was your plan
if the victim didn't give you the money?

Was your intention to get the money
even if violence was necessary?

Uh, Your Honor…

Your Honor.

Could you please notify
the defendant again

of her right to refuse to testify?

Of course.

Defendant, you don't have to answer.

However, I would implore you
to do so to ensure a fair trial.

Defendant, answer me,
if you would, please?

I went there like I said.

I had to get that money, at any cost.

Wasn't it my money?

Right.

Um…

Ma'am, what do you think
of what the attorneys claimed just now?

Did you think the severity
of the crime was such

that the crime of robbery
is not applicable

due to your understanding
of North Korean Law?

I'm not sure.

Truthfully, I don't understand…

any of that about the North Korean laws.

Mm. I see.

That is all.

Yes, well, that concludes
the case for the defense.

Honorable jurors,
start your review.

And then, I will deliver my verdict.

All rise.

I'm headed back to the office.
Are you coming along?

I'd like to stay
for the verdict, if I may.

Me too.

Okay, then.

Stay with the defendant until the end.

Whatever happens, you both did great.

Attorney comrades.

What are those long faces about?

She's not being literal.

I really am sorry.

Hey, you're sorry for what?

So it's been decided
that I'm going to prison, then?

Don't worry about it.

You should go and rest
and we'll see you at the verdict.

This way.

There's a claim we haven't tried.

The constitutionality!

What?

Didn't you say it's always been found
to be constitutional before?

Wait.

Atty. Woo!

Hey!

Where are you going?

The jurors are already reviewing.
What more can be done now?

The verdict has not been given yet.

We will request
a resumption of the hearing.

Let's go meet the judge.

But you can't see him
without a visitor's permit.

We'll ask for a visitor's permit.

Those permits aren't meal tickets
they just hand out.

You need the judge's permission.

You think he'll give it to you?

Huh? Hey!

Hello, we are attorneys, and we would
like to visit the chambers of a judge.

-Um, which one, then?
-Ryu--

Chief Judge Choi Bo-yeon
on the eighth floor, please.

The purpose of your visit?

The judge is expecting your arrival?

Uh, the visit is a personal matter.

Judge Choi Bo-yeon is my father.

And I have also brought
my colleague with me.

Just a moment.

This is first floor access.

A woman is saying
she's Judge Choi Bo-yeon's daughter

and that he's expecting her arrival.

Your name, please?

Choi Su-yeon.

Atty. Choi Su-yeon.

Yes. I appreciate it.

Write down your name and purpose
of visit here, and go right in.

Okay.

SUPREME COURT OF KOREA

Do you know why they do that?

It's to prevent people like us

from trying to plead our case
outside of a courtroom.

We're not trying to plead our case
outside the courtroom.

We're requesting the hearing resumption.

Oh, and would the prosecutor agree?

I can't believe
Wild Card Woo talked me into this.

Excuse me.

We're here to see Judge Ryu Myeong-ha!

Who are you?

What is this?

How did you get in here?

Your Honor, we request
a resumption of the hearing.

It's too late. Don't you know
the jurors are reviewing right now?

Yes, we're aware, which is why
we had to come see you,

even though the risk
of coming across is rude.

Because it was too late to submit
resumption forms to you.

I don't believe that.

If you're not happy
with something, you can appeal.

Oh, what? What is it now?

Your Honor, the defendant
never got the money from the victim.

So it is unconstitutional to have
a trial for aggravated robbery.

We'd like to proceed with an adjudication
on the constitutionality.

With attempted aggravated robbery,

it doesn't matter
if the robbery was unsuccessful.

For attempted aggravated robbery,
all that is needed is an attempted injury.

Isn't there room
for another interpretation?

It's better for the defendant
to be charged

with attempted aggravated robbery
rather than aggravated robbery.

Criminal law prohibits
any reduced interpretation

that is beneficial
to the defendant without reason.

What is going on?
Is your plan here to exhaust me?

There's no tree that would not fall
if axed ten times, is that what this is?

First, you claimed the victim's wounds
are not the fault of the defendant.

Then, you bring up
North Korean Law

to say there wasn't intent in the robbery.

And now, you barge in here

to say that by her
not getting the money, it's unlawful?

Are you kidding me?

CHIEF JUDGE RYU MYEONG-HA

I understand that you're young
and passionate attorneys.

I really do.

There's a time and there's a place
to be passionate, though.

It is not because we are young attorneys.

It is because Gye Hyang-sim
is an excellent mother.

Just like a mother whale.

What?

Gye Hyang-sim lacks common sense
and does whatever it is she pleases.

Even now, it doesn't seem like

she fully understands
what she did wrong that night.

But Gye Hyang-sim chose life
as a fugitive for five years

to not abandon her only daughter.

Maternal instinct
is not a reason for mitigation,

but I beg you to think
of the circumstances of a great mother

who has withstood all those years
on the run with her child,

so she could raise her

until she was old enough
to remember her mother,

so she could find her again.

Not another word. You have made
this argument out of court.

I am done listening.
This won't reflect on the verdict.

And I won't grant you a resumption.

Get out of here now, you hear me?
Or I'll be forced to call the bailiff.

The most common way of hunting whales

is to k*ll the baby first.

First, they throw a harpoon
at the weak baby.

As the baby is swimming around in agony,

the mother never leaves its side,
no matter what.

Her baby is in pain, and she won't leave.

And then, the next harpoon impales her.

The mother is the ultimate target.

Humans can be so cruel.

Whales are very intelligent.

She knows if she doesn't swim away,
she will also be k*lled.

But she never swims away.

If I were a whale, would my…

Would my mom not have swam away either?

All rise.

Be seated.

Jury, have you finished up the review?

Hand me the written verdict.

I will now announce
to the court the jury's verdict.

"On the charges.

By unanimous decision
of all seven jurors, guilty.

Opinion on sentencing.

By unanimous decision of all seven jurors,
four years labor camp."

Thank you, all members of the jury.

This court sincerely respects
the jury's verdict.

Now, for my verdict.

Stand up.

"Formal adjudication.

The defendant is sentenced to one year
and nine months imprisonment.

However, the execution
of the sentence against the defendant

is suspended for three years
following the date of the verdict.

The court orders
that the defendant be on probation

and 80 hours of community service."

What happened? What's he saying?

He gave you probation!

"Probation"…

It's probation. Probation…

"The defendant
colluded with an accomplice

and assaulted and threatened the victim

with the intent of taking property,
which is severe.

Considering the fear the victim
must've felt during the crime

and how the defendant fled afterwards
without being tried at the time,

it is necessary
to punish the defendant severely.

However, considering that the defendant

is not used to Korean laws and regulations
as a North Korean defector,

a first-time offender
with no criminal record,

and most of all…

although it has been five years,

she confessed
without forgetting her crimes,

and being responsible
and accepting punishment.

I have taken these special
sentencing factors into account."

A-ha!

Confession.

She confessed!

Oh, my god.

"Sentencing elements that are advantageous
or disadvantageous to the defendant…"

We were focused on the charges,

forgetting Hyang-sim
confessed to everything.

Confession is the most basic reason
for mitigation. We forgot.

Not very smart.

Maybe the judge is the smart one here.

A wise and intelligent veteran.

"An intelligent veteran."

"And through a trial by jury,
democracy has been served,

following all laws for criminal trials,
the ruling is as I've decreed."

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Mom! Mom, Mom, put that down.
Look at this. Isn't it so pretty?

I can never wear something
this short. You try it on.

-Don't, Mom, try it, come on.
-It looks good.

Just stop already.

No, this is too expensive.

Come on, I'll get it for you.

Corporate's marketing to a younger demo,

so we have more customers
bringing their daughters in.

And do you have a daughter?

Oh, no. I just have a son.

Well…

You must get jealous whenever you see
a mother and daughter shopping.

It's not too late
to have a daughter, you know.

Well, then, you can
just stand next to me and look.

You know how expensive
this place is, don't you?

If I miss this sale,
I'll never be able to get a new bag.

What is it?

-Hey, you should get one too.
-I'm fine.

Look at this old thing.
You need to step up your game.

I don't like
department stores.

That's all about to change.

Ah! I'm so excited.

What are you doing?

Let's go.

Again?

Oh, we should get
some ice cream before we go.

-Let's just go.
-Don't be a stick in the mud.

It's splitting the town in half

and isolating each side.
That's what it does.

This isn't a neighborhood
that can just disappear like that.

This is all material
on Happiness Road?

That's Attorney Tae Su-mi, right?

-Why is the king here herself?
-"King"?

I think the one
Jun-h* likes is you.

It's not easy for someone to like me.

Does your heart go "boom boom" like crazy?

-There have been times like that.
-You totally like him!

I want to check whether or not I like you.