South Korea prosecutor seeks death penalty for ex-president Yoon over

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

40% : A lower court handed down a death penalty for Chun and a 22-1/2-year jail term for Roh, before an appeals court revised sentencing to life in prison for Chun and a 17-year jail term for Roh.
40% : South Korea last handed down a death sentence in 2016, but has not executed anyone since 1997.
39% : South Korea has not carried out a death sentence in nearly three decades.
35% : South Korea hasn't executed anyone since 1997 despite death penalty requests South Korea's special prosecutor has requested the death penalty for former President Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of masterminding an insurrection over his brief imposition of martial law in December 2024.
34% : In a previous court case in 1995-1996, when former South Korean Presidents Chun Doo-hwan and Roh Tae-woo were accused of insurrection, prosecutors sought the death penalty and life in prison for Chun and Roh respectively.

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