01x03 - Shifting the Narrative

[bunniefuu]

{\an8}For now, we'll have to work together
toward the same goal, right?

Let me perform a medical demonstration
using my past patients' records.

It'll be hard to get them to agree
with just those records.

In fact, if those records go public,

they'll demand that you produce
the cure you used.

That's what I'm counting on.

What?

Don't tell me...

You've had the cure all along?

Yes.

[The Flower of Judgment]

[Current Affairs Takedown]

The witnesses gave
conflicting testimony, didn't they?

Of course.

Seriously, who on earth would undergo
some unverified treatment...

and be completely cured?

When you see that, you have to wonder
if there's a flaw in the legal system...

that indulges the defendant's demands.

[Current Affairs Forum]

What a mess. What a total mess.

Nothing about this trial
is going as planned.

I'm going to get dragged through the mud
because of Prosecutor Cha. Darn it.

Hey, Min Gyeong,
you know Prosecutor Cha, right?

This is my first time seeing her in court.
I've seen her on social media, though.

She's got a great resume,
plus she's gorgeous.

And her family's rich on top of that.

Maybe that's why...

she's so audacious.

It's not audacity. She's just plain rude.

But still, I have to admit
she's pretty impressive.

Impressive, my foot.

Whatever...

You see your dad for the first time
in ages,

and you don't even say hello,
much less act happy to see me?

I already told you.

I told you not to come here,
no matter what.

If people see me with you,

they'll start rumors out of thin air,
and I really...

I'm telling you.
I won't be able to do my job.

Good grief, you impossible child.

You make life so difficult for yourself.

Why do you care so much about
what other people think?

Can't a father even see
his own daughter's face?

Can't I?

The problem is that
you're not just any dad.

I have to get back inside.
Please, just tell me what you came for.

Anything but telling me
to join the company.

What if that's the only thing
I came to say?

In your view, having your daughter
help people in difficult situations...

is better for the company's image,
isn't it?

When did I ever force you to live for me?

Then why do you keep asking me
to join the company?

Because I worry about you! You.

After all this time?

Fine. You don't have to join the company.

On one condition.

Drop this case.

[Jaeil Hospital]

Yes?

Hey.

What brings you here all of a sudden?
You didn't even call.

It's just that...

These are the medical records
of the patients the defendant treated,

and I was hoping...

you could take a look.

What were you thinking,
defending a man like that?

It's partly for Min Seo. And also...

I need the legal fees to pay for
Min Seo's hospital bills.

- I told you not to trust that man.
- I know, okay? I know.

But if it's true that Lee Woo Gyeom
cured patients with incurable diseases...

- Then maybe our Min Seo...
- Please, just stop!

It hasn't even been that long
since you were last scammed!

You'd entrust our Min Seo
to a m*rder*r like him?

I'm a doctor!

Stop making decisions about Min Seo
without me! Please!

[Current Affairs Forum]

[Prosecutor Cha Yi Yeon]

On this episode
of the Current Affairs Forum...

He prosecuted and arrested Lee Seong Gon,
South Korea's last death row inmate.

We're joined by Assemblyman Baek Sang Hwa
for his thoughts on capital punishment.

- Assemblyman Baek, welcome.
- Thank you for having me.

Assemblyman Baek?

What do you think?
It's a k*ller plan, isn't it?

So, Assemblyman Baek is going to make
the death penalty a campaign promise,

and you've made a deal for Lee Woo Gyeom's
death sentence. So that's what this is.

We have to pave his way to victory
so we can get our win in this trial. See?

But if he's going to build a platform
on this,

the trial verdict alone won't be enough,
will it?

What? You have a better idea?

Assemblyman,
you should appear on a TV show.

A TV show?

- What show?
- You know Current Affairs Forum, right?

Because of the Lee Woo Gyeom case
I'm currently on,

they're doing a special
on the death penalty.

Wouldn't you be the perfect person
to go on the show?

Me? Why me?

You haven't forgotten, have you?

The country's last death row inmate,
Lee Seong Gon.

What? Lee Seong Gon?

That jerk.
I put him away when I was a prosecutor.

Exactly. Creating a parallel
from Lee Seong Gon to Lee Woo Gyeom.

The 1st execution in 28 years.
It's a parallel narrative.

Who could be a better expert
on the matter than you?

If you can sway public opinion in favor
of the death penalty on the show,

wouldn't that be a huge boost
for your next election?

So you're saying failing to execute
is, in itself, against the law?

That's right.

The law says anyone sentenced to death
must be ex*cuted within six months.

It's explicitly written in the statute.

If these executions aren't carried out
in a timely manner,

then the Ministry of Justice
is breaking the law.

That is a dereliction of duty.

But if we look at the past,
there've been politically driven cases...

- Excuse me, you all need to see this.
- Where innocent people...

were put on death row?

For a m*rder*r like Lee Woo Gyeom,

if we don't punish him as he deserves,
who's going to fear the law,

and who will bring justice
to these victims?

I understand your sentiment,
Assemblyman Baek, but...

doesn't that risk turning it into
a retributive punishment?

Capital punishment isn't retribution,
it's justice.

The ultimate implementation of justice.

- The ultimate form of justice, you say?
- That's right.

But the even bigger problem is...

people defend the rights of criminals
who ought to be made an example of,

and that some people actually defend
and advocate for these heinous criminals.

That is the problem.

It sounds like you're taking a direct shot
at Lee Woo Gyeom's defense attorney.

Seventeen people were m*rder*d.

Do you know how much he mocked the police
and prosecution during the investigation?

Advocating for a criminal like that...

is not something a sane person does.
It's crazy, that's what it is.

Assemblyman. Sir?

And another thing,
I heard his lawyer recently got a divorce.

You know the saying, "Fix your own house
before you try to fix the world," right?

He suddenly ups and quits
his perfectly good job at a law firm...

and runs around defending
vicious criminals like that,

so is it any wonder
his family life is a mess?

There he goes again.
I can't believe this guy. Goodness.

Counsel for the defense,

if you're watching this, you listen to me
and you listen good. Got it?

Cut the crap about Lee Woo Gyeom
supposedly saving people...

and resign from the case immediately!

[Prosecutor Cha Yi Yeon]

On last night's Current Affairs Forum,
Assemblyman Baek Sang Hwa...

- Resign, defense attorney!
- Strongly supported the death penalty,

- arguing it's an absolute necessity.
- Resign, defense attorney!

He then turned to Park Han Jun,
Lee Woo Gyeom's defense attorney,

and the clip of him shouting "Resign"
is now going viral on social media.

["He's divorced." Personal attacks]

[Trending Number 2,
"Is he really a public official?"]

[Lawyers like him let criminals walk.
These people would sell their souls.]

[This country's a mess.
Time to get out of Korea?]

[Expose how much money
Park Han Jun pocketed.]

Mr. Park.

Don't worry about it.
This won't affect the trial at all.

Exactly. These are just cowards
who wouldn't dare say a word to your face.

They just complain safely from home.
Right?

I saw a couple of positive comments,
I guess.

- You did great.
- Thank you, sir.

Prosecutor Cha. Come in, come on in.
Have a seat.

Goodness.

Alright, you two, introduce yourselves.
Let's grab a bite together. Okay?

Prosecutor Cha.

For that TV interview,

Chief Pyo here
gave me a lot of great pointers.

I'm Pyo Kang Won.

Prosecutor,
can I assume we're on the same team now?

- I'm Cha Yi Yeon. Pleasure to meet you.
- Good.

What's this now?

Gosh, this guy always calls
right when I'm trying to eat.

Excuse me for a moment. Okay?

- Go ahead and eat.
- Yes, sir.

- Yes, sir.
- Hello?

Minister Hong. Hey.
I'm in the middle of a meal right now.

Were you the one who engineered
the assemblyman's persona for that show?

Yes, Prosecutor.
You found it entertaining, right?

You thought that was entertaining?

I couldn't even watch it
because it was so pathetic.

- Excuse me?
- If you thought that was a joke,

I should have recommended you
to a comedy show instead.

Look, Prosecutor,
maybe you're too young to understand,

but everything we do on television
is strategic.

If we had only talked about
the death penalty,

it would've been too boring
to grab young people's attention.

And that "strategy" was
to trash-talk the defense attorney?

Thanks to that, the assemblyman's clip
got over five million views.

If you just wanted to rack up views,
you should've worked with a YouTuber.

Why are you pulling these useless stunts
on national television?

Do you realize the top search term now
is Park Han Jun, not the death penalty?

Park Han Jun is getting all the attention
that capital punishment should be getting!

Come on, Prosecutor.

So what, did you expect some grand speech
on reviving the death penalty for justice?

Did you really expect
such a childish remark?

Unbelievable.

Prosecutor.

You're being sensitive about small things
because you're a woman, but...

We know what we're doing in Yeouido.

- Excuse me?
- Look.

The food served is all the same,

so why do you think
we each have our own small plate?

It means you take what you want
and stick to your own plate.

Whether I spoon-feed them
or shove it down their throats...

is up to me, the chef.
What's all this talk about Yeouido?

This all started with Lee Woo Gyeom,
and I'm the prosecutor on his case!

And what does being a man or a woman
have to do with any of this?

Is he nuts? Goodness.

My gosh.

What's going on? What's all this?

Things look pretty heated over here.

- Assemblyman.
- My.

Thanks to your chief of staff,
I've had a real wake-up call.

See?
I had a feeling you two would hit it off.

Alright, let's have a drink! Come on!

This is a great atmosphere tonight.

All right, here we go. Cheers!

Counselor, you need to see this.

What? Did you find something?

You were wondering about the delay
in identifying the victims, right?

Take a look at this.

We did some digging and...

Every single person Lee Woo Gyeom k*lled
was a criminal.

What?

If the victims were
these kinds of criminals,

there's no way Prosecutor Cha didn't know.

Since she hasn't made a move,
maybe she doesn't think it's a big deal.

Legally, that he k*lled heinous criminals
doesn't help his case.

That's true.

- Reporter Jo.
- Yes?

Isn't this a great story?

- Why?
- Come on. You're being dense.

Did you forget you're a reporter?

Didn't you write he wasn't a m*rder*r,
all for the clicks?

Hey, that was a little...

Oh, right!

- So the victims are the real culprits?
- Exactly.

The victims' criminal records...

Leak them as well.

Gosh. Now this...

Yes, sir.

Jo Gyeong Chan, fatal DUI.

Hong Jae Gwang, fraud and as*ault.

Sim Jae Seok. Fraud, embezzlement,
and breach of trust.

Wait a minute.

Are you telling me all these criminals
got off with probation or a fine?

- Yes.
- What the...

Gosh.

These guys are complete scum.

This may not affect
the court's decision, but...

it will definitely win over the public.

You think so? You're right. Next.

Fatal child abuse.

Lee Su Yeon.

It turns out Lee Woo Gyeom's victims
were all violent criminals.

Take Moon Se Guk. He's a con man
who took millions with a fake cure.

One of his victims even committed suicide.

Lee Su Yeon? She's the scum who starved
her adopted daughter for insurance money.

The test subjects that Lee Woo Gyeom
used to create the cure...

were exactly these kinds of lowlifes.
That's what this means.

If this is all true, of course.

So who's the real monster here?
Lee Woo Gyeom, or his victims?

Pathetic. Squirming just because
I stepped on them a little.

Lengthy traffic delays are expected today
near the Gyeongsu Expressway.

- Near the courthouse for the trial...
- Execute Lee Woo Gyeom!

- We advise any citizens in the area...
- Execute him!

- To please find...
- Lawyer, resign!

- An alternate route.
- Resign!

- Execute Lee Woo Gyeom!
- Execute him! Execute him!

- His lawyer must resign!
- Resign! Resign!

[Defense, prosecution]

Your Honor.

I would like to submit
additional evidence...

to substantiate the defendant,
Lee Woo Gyeom's, claim...

that he cured the witnesses.

Objection.
The examination of evidence is complete.

Counselor, haven't we concluded
the evidence and witness exams?

The benefit of the doubt must
go to the defendant.

That is a basic principle of criminal law.
And the core issue in this trial...

is to prove the motive for the crime,
which the prosecution has dismissed.

This evidence is also...

related to the motive for the crime.

I humbly ask the court
to give it due consideration.

What further evidence could you have?

I have a total of three pieces
of evidence to submit today.

The first is...

the cure research that the defendant,
Lee Woo Gyeom,

submitted to a public contest held by...

the Global Medical Group, Chaeum.

[Republic of Korea Court]

[Blood Treatment Development Proposal,
Grade A Plus Evaluation Report]

Back when the defendant...

was a medical student,

he submitted his own idea...

for a blood treatment to Chaeum.
The principle behind that treatment...

and the one he's claiming to have now are,
in theory, identical.

At the time, the defendant's idea...

was highly praised by
Chaeum's researchers,

and we've confirmed they even
discussed developing it.

[Blood Treatment Implementation Plan]

[Regarding the blood treatment project, ]

[Chaeum Medical Group grants approval.]

[Approved by: CEO Chae Jeong Su]

However,

the defendant,

for three years after
the drunk driving accident...

caused by Jo Gyeong Chan,

had to face a reality where his life
and all his hope had collapsed.

In a world of endless darkness and pain,

he had to force himself
to get through each and every day.

In the process, he had to watch
his dream as a medical student...

disappear in an endless cycle of despair.

And yet,

the man who caused the accident,
Jo Gyeong Chan,

was deemed to have diminished capacity...

and received no punishment at all.

He returned to society,
got behind the wheel drunk again,

and took the life of a child.

That's when the defendant made a decision.

He would target violent criminals who
exploited legal loopholes to reoffend...

and make them the subjects
of his research.

Counselor, regarding your statement that
he m*rder*d violent criminals,

do you have evidence to support it?

As my second piece of evidence,

I would like to submit
the victims' criminal records.

Every single victim was a violent
criminal...

with a record...

of as*ault, fraud, robbery, r*pe,
and even m*rder.

Your Honor, even if that's true,
the defendant's actions...

are nothing more than vigilantism,
which has no standing in a court of law.

Agreed.

We are not asking you...

to condone his vigilantism.

[Prosecution]

Our point is that the defendant...

exclusively targeted violent criminals.

We ask for leniency based on the fact...

that he never harmed...

a single innocent citizen.

Objection, Your Honor.

- There's no proof anyone was cured.
- Sustained.

Counselor, there is no proof
that the defendant cured anyone.

Granted.

Until now.

You...

You had the cure this whole time?

Yes.

And for my third and final piece
of evidence,

I will submit the very cure
the defendant claims to have.

But, Counselor,

are you claiming the active ingredient...

in this cure is blood?

Yes, that's correct.

And whose blood would that be?

The blood...

of the man sitting right here.

It's right here.

- What do you think you're doing?
- I told you, it's right here.

There never was a cure to begin with,
was there?

My blood.

My blood is the cure.

My mutated blood contains healing cells.

Of course, it can't be injected directly
into a person,

but we can culture the safe cells.

And that's what...

you tested on the people who died?

If I had claimed this from the start,
you would have seen me as a lunatic.

So that's why...

from the very beginning,

you asked me to find those witnesses?

You see, people won't believe something...

until they see it for themselves.

What's the status on
Lee Woo Gyeom's blood analysis report?

I just got the email,
and I'm looking at it now.

Hold on a sec, Counselor.

Wait, hold on.

Submission. Okay.

This is all technical jargon.
I have no idea what any of it means.

The trial is tomorrow. We're out of time.
Just send it to Jae Hee for now.

Hey.

About that file you sent.

It's a method where healthy somatic cells
self-heal damaged ones.

Theoretically, it's the most ideal form
of treatment.

Meaning, it could potentially be a cure.

This is Lee Woo Gyeom's blood.

Your Honor, no piece of evidence
can take precedence over the m*rder...

of 17 people.

We have never denied the facts
of the crime.

However,

we ask for a chance to confirm
if he can truly cure the terminally ill...

- That is the chance we are asking for.
- What do you mean by a chance?

Before the next hearing,

so that the defendant, Lee Woo Gyeom,
can treat terminally ill patients,

we request a medical demonstration.

Your Honor, the defense is now using
an illogical and preposterous argument...

- to mislead this court.
- That is not true.

All our evidence provides the reasoning
for the medical demonstration,

- and the justification for it.
- This is nothing but...

a dramatic show you'd only see
in the movies.

Is the prosecution...

perhaps afraid that the defendant's
medical demonstration...

will be a success?

Excuse me?

If the defendant's medical demonstration
is a success,

wouldn't that be a good thing
for everyone?

I'm sure everyone here
in this courtroom today...

is hoping the defendant
sitting before them...

is not a spree k*ller,

but rather, someone
who can actually cure the terminally ill.

Isn't that what you're all
secretly wishing for?

Your Honor.

If this impossible miracle
could truly become a reality...

Then, as a final request,

giving the defendant a chance to prove it
through a medical demonstration...

would be the wisest course of action.

That is all.

[Defendant]

- What was that? You said nothing to me.
- You have plenty of your own secrets.

This court is adjourned for the day.

[Defendant]

Counselor, what are your thoughts
right now?

- Do you believe Lee Woo Gyeom?
- Any comment on the trial?

If the defendant's claims
turn out to be false,

how will you take responsibility
for the ensuing social chaos?

If the defendant's statement
turns out to be a lie,

then I will resign from the bar.

- Are you serious?
- Yes.

I am.

As the trial continues to unfold,

new evidence in Lee Woo Gyeom's case
has come to light,

sending shockwaves through the public.

Unlike the first trial, people now demand
to verify his healing abilities,

- and these calls are growing louder.
- Execute him!

- Execute Lee Woo Gyeom!
- Many are concerned...

these unverified claims of a cure...

- Execute him! His lawyer should resign!
- Will be accepted as fact and...

You're going to be more famous than me
at this rate, aren't you?

Don't be ridiculous.
The real trial is just beginning.

The NFS and the American Blood Association
will analyze the blood sample,

and what matters most
is how the court interprets the results.

You can relax a little now.
In the end, the verdict...

will be exactly what you predicted.

It better be. Because if it's not,

you won't have to worry about the court.

I'll end you then.

By the way, Woo Gyeom.

What in the world happened
to your research notebook?

Where on earth did it go?

It wasn't in your lab, and it's not
in the prosecution's evidence.

Well, I guess it got lost.

It wouldn't be the first time
the police messed up, would it?

The police don't make mistakes.
They just make things look like accidents.

What do you mean by that?

The fact that only that notebook
is missing...

Don't you find that strange?

What if the police and the prosecution...

deliberately hid it?

That would mean Prosecutor Cha
knew all along.

So you're saying she knew about my cure...

and was just putting on an act
to deceive me?

What if... You and Prosecutor Cha...

Wait, are you suspecting me?

She's the one who was trying
to get me ex*cuted.

For once...

Just for once...

I wish I could trust you.

Unbelievable.

The medical demonstration was a mockery
of Korea's justice system.

The prosecution therefore
expresses its profound regret,

and we vow to secure
the maximum possible sentence...

to restore your sense of safety
in your daily lives.

Yes.

Some argue that allowing Lee Woo Gyeom
to continue experimenting on criminals...

might actually make the public safer.

Let's not muddy the waters.

There can be no exceptions
when it comes to m*rder.

Or am I wrong?

Okay, that's all.
Please refer to the press release.

What about his healing ability?

What's your take on the demands to verify
Lee Woo Gyeom's healing ability?

Let me ask you something.
If Lee Woo Gyeom m*rder*d your relative,

and the court was focused on verifying
that k*ller's so-called abilities,

how would you feel?

I think you're all getting confused by
Lee Woo Gyeom's manipulative games.

A courtroom is a place to establish guilt,

not where a defendant's abilities
are put on display.

That is all.

- Let's go.
- I have a question!

- What will happen to the cure?
- About the medical demonstration...

[The prosecution]

[Guam District Prosecutors' Office]

A medical demonstration?
What is this crap?

The fact that he even revealed
his treatment method...

means he must have something
up his sleeve.

Something up his sleeve?

Are you saying Lee Woo Gyeom can cure
incurable diseases or something?

Keep a lid on this.

Prosecutor Cha, you can't let the patient
undergo any other surgery.

If it interferes with the procedure
that I was performing,

he'll never recover.

To be clear, you went to the hospital
only after Lee Woo Gyeom fully cured you?

Yes.

Your condition got worse
after resuming treatment at the hospital.

Not because of Lee Woo Gyeom.

About the Lee Woo Gyeom case...

You know it was a shoddy investigation,
right?

What? We caught the right guy.

But you had no idea a cure even existed.

Prosecutor Cha,
no one could've predicted that.

Besides, the claim that Lee Woo Gyeom
was curing people...

- No one would've believed it.
- That's what makes it shoddy.

What?

An investigation isn't just about
confirming what you believe.

You also have to verify
why something might be false.

The reporters are already sniffing around,
and if I turn my back on you too,

you'll be left high and dry,
Detective Gong.

Prosecutor Cha,

You're going to cooperate with me
all the way, right?

Yes, of course.

First, please confirm if there's someone
pulling the strings.

Are you saying he had an accomplice?

I don't know if it's an accomplice
or an associate.

It's just that for him to create
the cure or the treatment...

I find it hard to believe
he did it all by himself.

Actually, Prosecutor Cha,

This came up while I was reviewing
the CCTV footage from the arrest scene.

It's too dark to make out a face, though.

There is another CCTV camera
near the entrance, but it was broken.

I sent the footage to forensics
to be restored. Once we get a face,

I'll start looking into
a possible accomplice as you suggested.

Chief Bang, the visitor logs
for Lee Woo Gyeom...

Please print out the entire list.

What date range should I pull?

- It's been a while since he was detained.
- From beginning to end, obviously.

Right.

Please secure all CCTV footage
within 500m of Lee Woo Gyeom's workshop.

- All of it?
- You can request it from Detective Gong.

And pull three years of his
communication records too.

All three years?

Chief Bang.

Chief Bang?

Just until this case is wrapped up,

for the sake of efficiency,
let's talk without any question marks.

Yes, understood.

[Total Views: 2,000,035]

We broke two million views!
Man, how long has it been?

Hey, this is huge! Huge!
Look at this! It's just sh**ting up!

But public opinion is like a fad.

You never know when
it's going to flip on you.

Gosh, come on, Counselor.
Don't rain on our parade.

- Goodness.
- Reporter Jo.

Yes.

- You did great work too.
- So did you.

Goodness.

By the way...

When Lee Woo Gyeom was arrested,

could he and Prosecutor Cha...

have possibly struck a deal?

No, there's no way.

What if the Prosecution knew
about Lee Woo Gyeom's ability...

before we did?

You're thinking about
the missing evidence.

That's right.

And of all things, it had to be
his research notebook.

But if the Prosecution already knew,

would they have handled
the trial that way?

Right, that's a good point.

In that case...

Besides the Prosecution...

Does that mean
there's someone else involved?

Lee Woo Gyeom woke up from a coma, right?

Shouldn't there be someone who knew
about his physical condition back then?

My doctor said my blood showed a different
mutational response than before, but...

I couldn't just take his word for it.

I was just an ordinary medical student,
after all.

[Medical Report: Lee Woo Gyeom]

[Clinic: Chaeum Clinic]

[Physician: Han Sang h*]

Hello?

Yes. Is this Professor Han?

Yes. I'm representing Mr. Lee Woo Gyeom.

My name is Attorney Park Han Jun.

I apologize for the sudden call,

but I had something I needed to ask you.

By any chance,
when Lee Woo Gyeom fell into a coma,

you were in charge of his care, correct?

- This is nice.
- The weather's great.

- Hey.
- Yes?

[Moral Cultivation]

Hey, isn't that the guy?

They say he only targeted and k*lled guys
with criminal records.

Goodness. That's brutal.

He only hunted down and k*lled
guys like us?

- You punk? What do you mean "like us?"
- Hey, you fool!

You little...

Have you lost your darn mind
because I haven't beaten you up lately?

I'm sorry.

He's getting on my nerves.

So annoying.
I can't stand that look on his face.

Professor Han.

I was told you discovered...

a mutation in Lee Woo Gyeom's blood.

It was just speculation,

not a definitive diagnosis.

So then,

are you saying...

Lee Woo Gyeom's cure is unstable?

Of course.

Administering it to a human subject
was impossible.

Lee Woo Gyeom said...

that to ensure its stability,

he decided to run experiments,
and in the process...

That's how there came to be victims.

Counselor,
do you really think that's possible?

Pardon?

The blood therapy
that Woo Gyeom mentioned...

hasn't even made it to clinical trials.

For one medical student,

all on his own,

to create a viable treatment...

Do you honestly believe that's possible?

Still,

I heard there was someone
who received the treatment.

That's a lie.

It's impossible.

[Cheongun-ro 45-1]

Yes, I've just checked it.

[National Forensic Service]

Right.

[At this time, ]

[based on the suspect's blood sample, ]

[the "unique healing properties"
cannot be scientifically proven].

Prosecutor.
Your sentencing recommendation, please.

[Prosecution]

Your Honor.

While the focus of this hearing...

may be to establish a motive,

the defendant brutally m*rder*d 17 people,

and he is a serial k*ller
who shows not a shred of remorse.

That is something we must never forget.

We will now state our recommendation.

The prosecution,

contrary to claims, finds his blood has
only a negligible effect as a treatment...

and is unsafe for therapeutic use,
according to the NFS.

For the heinous criminal, Lee Woo Gyeom,

we demand the death penalty.

Counsel, you may present
your closing argument.

Your Honor.

Establishing motive reveals
the reason for a crime...

and is a crucial step
in determining the sentence.

However, the prosecution...

has ignored this fact...

and tried to pigeonhole the defendant,
Lee Woo Gyeom,

as a random serial k*ller.

In the past, the defendant...

lived in constant pain
as the victim of a car accident,

and we learned he committed these crimes
while developing a treatment...

for patients suffering just as he was.

Contrary to the NFS opinion
submitted by the prosecution,

we have a report from the
American Blood Association...

suggesting that defendant Lee Woo Gyeom's
treatment...

could have been beneficial
to the witnesses.

Thus, we ask not for the death penalty,

but for the most lenient sentence.
Lastly, to be considered in your judgment,

we request a medical demonstration.

The defense rests.

Sentencing will be held at a later date.

Min Seo, how about we go out
with Dad this weekend?

Min Seo.

Min Seo.

Min Seo?

Mom, I'm sleepy.

You are.

Let's lie down. Okay, up we go.

Gosh, I'm gonna get a heat rash from this.

Darn. This is no day
to be working outside.

Goodness.

Gosh, look at all this sweat.

Man, it's so damn hard to make a living.

Goodness.

Man, this is exhausting.

[Defendant]

Before I deliver the sentence,

regarding the conflicting analysis results
presented by both sides,

my judgment was based on what is in
the public's best interest.

This decision was not based on
the treatment analysis alone,

but on the facts revealed
over the course of the trial,

the defendant's attitude,

and the consistency of the testimonies.

I will now deliver the sentence.

The defense has argued
that the defendant...

created and administered a treatment
in an attempt to save sick people.

In reviewing this argument,

based on analysis of the genetic variant
found in the defendant's blood...

The verdict in the first trial
of k*ller Lee Woo Gyeom...

is about to be announced.

- Excuse me.
- Yes?

- He looks like someone who lives here.
- Does he?

Thank you.

Citing the American
Blood Association's opinion...

that this mutated blood
is a significant factor...

in proving his treatment hypothesis...

and can affect the treatment of diseases,

the court has taken this into account.

The court accepts that
his motive for the crime...

was to treat sick people.

Breaking news. In the final verdict
of the first-instance trial,

the court has accepted
Lee Woo Gyeom's motive for the crime.

This was hard to get.

Lee Woo Gyeom k*lled my brother?

The court accepts that
his motive for the crime...

- was to treat sick people.
- Right?

However, Lee Woo Gyeom's blood...

is far too unsafe
to be used as a treatment,

and as the NFS deems it inadmissible
as evidence of his treatments,

this court,
while acknowledging his motive,

cannot accept the claim
that he actually cured the witnesses.

Goodness.

Anyone here?

Darn it...

Therefore, the defense's request,
a medical demonstration is denied,

and the defendant is sentenced
to the maximum penalty allowed by law,

the death penalty.

[Defendant]