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Why am I more nervous?
In summary, I want to...
Why are you guys like this? You think just anyone passes the bar?
What if she fails? How would you handle it expecting so much?
- You're talking like she's going to fail. - It's a test because there are people who don't pass.
I'm just saying this because you won't be able to control your expressions in front of me.
Y-Y-Yeah. What Lawyer Goo is saying is right.
Let's not do this. Let's just not find out the results.
Paralegal, just a moment. There's something I want to discuss with you.
- Sure. - It's a public defender case.
- When a Vietnamese bride wanted to leave... - Hello, Golden Tree. - Ms. Cha Geum Joo please.
- Manager...? - Yes?
The phone...
Yes?
- Are you okay? - Paralegal Cha...
It's okay, it's okay.
It's okay.
It's okay, it's okay.
You did well. Really...
I...
I don't have to get flicked.
A flick? What does that mean?
I must have passed.
But why are you crying? My heart dropped, thinking you failed.
Because I don't believe it. Because I really just don't believe it.
It came up!
- The list of people who passed. - You passed! You passed!
You did it! Pass! Pass!
You did it! Congratulations!
Congratulations Lawyer Cha.
Was there perhaps something more from the site?
There is. We found Ham Bok Geo's DNA.
It matches the blood stain found at the crime scene of Kim Yoo Ri. It's game over. You can say that.
How about the third person witness?
Hey, oh no... There shouldn't be anything like that at this point.
Stomach content results - No abnormalities are observed. Regular food contents are observed. Small amount of plastic particles were found inside the body. There was a pen drawing. See diagram.
What is this?
It's a common practice in the industry, signifying that they'll hurt you if you keep making noises...
To kill a mockingbird...
Now, now, you know, as for me,
I knew that there would be a day like this for Manager Cha!
Oh, Lawyer!
Aigoo, hold on, hold on. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Other people would think you got selected as the president or something.
This is just the first phase. She still has second phase and the interview. Don't get too excited. You'll jinx it.
By chance, is Cha Geum Joo here?
Thank you.
Wow! CEO Ham, in the midst of this, gave congratulatory flowers!
CEO Ham's mentality is the best!
To: Cha Geum Joo Unni
Congratulations, Unni. I can use this as me paying back my debt to you, right?
In the same position, let's do our best.
From: Hye Joo
Thanks, Hye Joo.
Seo Ji Ah
3/20/1990 - Seo Ji Ah - 2/10/2016
Rest well. You suffered a lot.
I knew you would come here.
Get him!
What the heck? What are you doing? Get him!
I told you so many times to not come here, but you...
You just don't listen.
You never heard me say thanks to you, right?
Why were you so late? I would've gotten caught if you were any later, you bast***!
There would be no reason that kind of word would come out of CEO Ham's mouth.
Thank you.
What is this?
I might have to submit my resignation because of you.
Geez, I went out of my way to do that.
Anyway, I came out to investigate the K-fact conspiracy theory and became attached to you. What the heck is this?
You better take responsibility over me forever.
I'm sorry. I have someone else to take responsibility of.
I also have someone I like!
(I heard that) Cha Geum Joo has passed the 1st round?
Yes.
Perhaps, CEO Ham's case may just become Cha Geum Joo's first case.
Hello.
CEO, don't you think there will be an interesting dual in Seochodong?
I'm also anticipating.
Just because a backup player gets to start, it doesn't mean she'll be good from get-go.
Seo Ji Ah Murder Case
What is this?
Lawyer Cha, it's filled with so many model-like women here.
Their legs are so long! Of course, not as much as you.
Woman With a Suitcase
Episode 12 Having had hit rock bottom...
Two years later Cha Geum Joo, please make your presentation.
In our country, there were only five instances of criminal retrial.
What is this reason for this?
The reason the retrial isn't allowed shows the nation's conservatism.
It means the court doesn't easily accept the fact that the judge had made a mistake in judgement.
Novelty of Evidence - New submission of evidence is necessary for a retrial. Also with the issue of the new evidence that will be submitted, before they accept the new evidence,
they view it as the defendant party's fault for not submitting the evidence sooner.
Aren't you killing your colleagues' spirits too much?
You came just in time for me to answer the question I knew the answer to.
Speaking of, why is Seochudong's hottest lawyer over here?
Well, I just wanted to check how far the talk about me went.
It's because of Manager— No, I'm sorry, Lawyer Cha's know-how that you taught me.
♪ That smile... ♪
But... How do you think CEO Ham is doing these days?
You two are breaking my heart.
Mr. Ham, you asked for a postcard?
Thank you.
Kimchi and ramen...
I can live well without kimchi and ramen,
but there's one thing that I can't hold in.
Wanting to get a report from you face to face, Attorney Cha.
It's this house?
Yes. Someone said he saw Gyeong Hwan here.
Is anybody in here?
This is the ownership structure of Ohsung Art Center.
Right now, the family's share of 7.34 percent more
has been added to Jo Ye Ryeong's holdings.
I only trust Mr. Lee.
Please choose the most appropriate time to move the hedge fund.
I'm going to have to take some of your shares, Director.
Are you saying you'll personally possess the shares yourself now?
This is all for you. Please cooperate.
Sure. But have you heard anything?
I'm talking about Ham Bok Geo. He's been on the run for quite some time.
It's been over two years, right?
I'm sure Cha Geum Joo is looking for ways to rescue Ham Bok Geo.
Don't you think she's looking for right timing?
I heard Cha Geum Joo will be wearing an attorney badge soon.
Will it be okay to just let her be?
In order to rescue Ham Bok Geo, she'll ultimately want to bring up the homeless girl case
at the same time, wouldn't she?
Yes, the fact that the one who hurt Min Na was you,
she'll try to reveal that as well.
The fact that I did all that to retrieve the video clip,
Cha Geum Joo shouldn't reveal that.
There has to be a way for her not to
receive an attorney license.
To do that, we'll have to take extra measures.
Wow... Ohsung sure is nice.
Is this what you call a trap of ambition?
I had to give up a lot for this.
Anyway, you don't have to wait too long to live with me in this house, Hye Joo.
I didn't call you over to talk about that.
You're friends with the coroner on Ham Bok Geo's case, right?
Why that?
I'm just curious.
The fact that there isn't any other evidence...
In any case, Ham Bok Geo has disappeared for good.
I wonder if he gave up coming back.
Cha Geum Joo, your grades are excellent,
but I'm going to bring up a difficult conversation.
Go ahead please.
There are some people who are against giving you a license,
talking about your qualifications and whatnot. On Ham Bok Geo's case,
I heard you're accused of aiding the criminal.
For now, let's work on it after the graduation.
Yes...
Oh, yeah, Paralegal Cha today— No, no...
Attorney Cha, isn't she finishing up the law training school?
But how about the issue of her being disqualified as a trainee.
They haven't reached a conclusion yet.
Professor Kim is working hard on the issue currently, but...
Then what happens? She can't even go through the graduation?
How could that be aiding the criminal?
But what happens if you're disqualified from the training school?
You can say she won't be able to wear an attorney badge.
Gosh, what should we do? It's not like we can skip out on her graduation today.
Hello, it's K-fact.
I'm calling in with urgent information.
Yes, yes, go ahead.
It seems like K-fact has nothing to do these days.
I want to give you an exclusive.
Worth $10,000,000.
By chance, are you...
Congratulations, 58th Graduation for Law Training School Students
Why are you leaving like that?
Is your name not listed on the graduate list?
I guess I'm not meant to become a lawyer.
Who cares? I can do a good job as a paralegal.
It's important that I got to study.
This is foul play.
- Ham Gok Geo! - CEO!
Didn't you say you'll play fair? Huh, huh, huh?
Are you back?
Did you call the reporters, too? Are you out of your mind?
How can I be in the right state of mind?
I didn't get to see you for over two years.
Congratulations, Attorney Cha.
Do you acknowledge the fact that Cha Geum Joo aided in your escape?
- Are you turning yourself in? - One word please!
Move, move!
Wow, the culprit makes the Prosecutors Office chase its tails?
You're turning yourself in?
I heard someone was being accused of aiding a criminal.
I didn't want to put someone out.
Companion, what are you doing? You should go with me.
At today's law trainee graduation, Seo Ji Ah murder case fugitive, K-fact CEO... CEO Ham Bok Geo, suspect of Seo Ji Ah's murder turns himself in
CEO Ham Bok Geo of K-fact has turned himself in.
Two years ago, Mr. Ham was suspected of murdering Seo Ji Ah. CEO Ham Bok Geo, suspect of Seo Ji Ah's murder turns himself in
He's been on the run, escaping the police and the Prosecutors Office.
CEO, it's me.
I hear CEO Ham turned himself in?
Prosecutor's Office has Detective Kang Hyung Wook for their witness,
and Seung Eun Ji who is the gallery employee. Well,
they both don't help their case much.
The problem is that we have to decide who we'll stand as our witness on our side.
How about Coroner Park Ji Seok?
Yes, that's good.
And how about this person? Seeing his essay,
he notes that the intentional criminals and impulsive criminals have a different M.O.s M.O. - Modus Operandi
He conducted the preliminary investigation on our case.
I'm uncomfortable about attending the trial myself.
Captain, you just have to do a profiling of the criminal.
Captain, we need someone who can balance out this trial.
Are you two thinking of getting back together?
No, we're not. Why did you call us in?
The judge on the Ham Bok Geo's case has been decided.
By chance, is he relevant to the Food Talk?
No, not Food Talk. I prepared someone who doesn't stand out, as much as possible.
Someone who weighs in on principles of guilt and gives hefty sentencing.
It will be Judge Seo Min Gook.
Keep that in mind as you prepare the trial.
Did you prepare a lot?
Why is your expression like that?
I waited until you got to wear your badge.
During all this, why a joke?
If I'm being too serious,
you'll have a tough time, Attorney Cha.
Do you really
want me to take your case?
That's why I turned myself in.
By letting a newbie take your case,
you might get a guilty sentence. About twelve years?
Are you worried about getting a guilty sentence on your first case?
Because it's you.
It's not because it's my first time,
but because it's you, I'm more scared.
I was scared that you were going to wait even longer after waiting that whole time.
A paralegal and lawyer are different.
If you want me to defend you,
please think about it once more.
Are you protecting your winning ratio already?
Cha Geum Joo... Do you know
when a lawyer matures the most?
It's not when they win at court, but it's when they lose.
You have to prepare very hard and get completely destroyed.
That's when you really grow up.
Are you that scared? Of losing?
There's one more thing that's worrying.
It's about your safety.
Is this perhaps...
the man who kidnapped and hit you?
Is he the one who hit you unconscious asking for your cell phone?
Look at him closely.
No, I don't think so.
He was shorter and younger.
No matter how much you pretend to be close to me, I can't do an urgent autopsy tonight. I'm going home.
Oh! That's great. Let's have a drink.
I'll go if you buy me a really great drink.
I'll prepare the best one.
I did that?
I'll go to the restroom for a bit.
Geez...
I heard you liked this wine.
Oh!
I heard you conducted the autopsy on Ham Bok Geo's case.
Ah, yes. It's gaining lots of attention since the suspect turned himself in.
But did you really see him as the criminal?
I'm not sure. There wasn't any other evidence to reference.
Was there nothing weird?
Well, there was one thing. What was that again?
I found a foreign substance.
A foreign substance?
Yes, it was drawn on the candy wrapper,
Since the Prosecutors Office didn't say much after reviewing my autopsy record, it must not be that significant.
But, why that?
Oh, because it's a case related to someone I'm close with
and my sister is the defense lawyer on it.
Ah, I see.
By chance, do you keep such things separately?
Geez, how could we keep all that from different bodies... We usually return the body to the family.
As for the foreign substance, we eliminate it after six months.
You eliminate it?
Yes.
Then, nothing must remain at National Forensic Service?
Hey, don't pretend to be too close to my Hye Joo.
Evidence and Witness Explanation - Detective Kang Hyung Wook
Park Ji Seok, potentially on our side, coroner who performed autopsy on Seo Ji Ah
Park Hye Joo
Hi, Hye Joo.
Do you want to meet me?
What's... going on?
The debt I owe you...
Debt?
I'm thinking of really paying back. When would you like to have it?
Will you give it to me as a check or in cash?
Was there anything unusual?
There was one thing. What was it?
There was a foreign substance.
Foreign substance?
Yes.
Cute, cute...
Yes. Park Hye Joo found out something unusual.
What do you mean unusual?
Yes.
It's the file on sales of Jo Ye Ryeong's shares.
Having studied so hard and cleaning up after chaebols, do you feel spiteful about it?
Why do you say that out of the blue?
That's from my experience.
Once you fall into a trap of ambition, you shouldn't try to escape it awkwardly.
Try to nurture even bigger ambition.
Excuse me?
Your only escape route is an even bigger ambition.
For me and for you, Attorney Park.
What you know, Attorney Park, we'll have to bury it.
I'll give you one more chance.
If you find out someone else was sacrificed in your place,
you won't have other thoughts from now on.
The customer is not answering the phone. You'll be connected to the voicemail. After you're connected...
Your only escape route is an even bigger ambition.
For me and for you, Attorney Park.
Hye Joo!
What's going on?
My Golden Tree Unni came.
Hye Joo...
Unni, you don't know
how hard it's been for me?
I'm sorry. Let's
put everything to rest now, Hye Joo.
No.
There's something you can't turn back.
I can't repay my debt to you.
No... I won't.
I will take care of it.
How? How?!
How are you going to take care of this?
The trial is exactly that. A trial.
I'll show you how to resolve this through a trial.
That will be how I repay my debt to you.
I also have a debt to you.
Since I was a paralegal, I'd shine even if I did an okay job.
So... How much you really do shine,
you hid it.
The coroner committed suicide?
It's kind of strange that something like this happened right before the trial.
There wasn't anything unusual about the autopsy report.
Attorney, there's something I want to discuss with you.
Yes, go ahead.
By chance, did you look at the attached material to the autopsy report?
The shirt that Ham Bok Geo was wearing at the scene is the same shirt in question.
There's no way to explain that at the moment.
This way, Cha Geum Joo will insist on the possibility of a third party committing the crime.
Then, we should find out that possibility.
We have to come up with the reality that cannot be changed.
How do you mean?
Use Attorney Park.
And one more person.
Wait... What... What are you talking about? Seizure? Seizure?
Sorry, Honey... I missed the timing to tell you...
Hey, moron! Didn't I tell you to do your job as a professor?
He only let them use his company name. It's my husband's business!
You're a lawyer who knows the law very well.
Golden Tree
He's been reported for manipulation of accounting books and violation of stock market. And you're listed as the director of that company.
Golden Tree I also wanted to show you what I can do.
I'm so sorry...
You moron!
Oh, my head, my head, my head...
As expected, Paralegal Cha... Geez, I keep making this mistake.
Attorney Cha... You're definitely different from other lawyers.
You review the documents so diligently.
But... What is it that's missing?
I have no idea.
Why can't we get in touch with Attorney Goo?
I can't stand the trial tomorrow.
What? Is something wrong?
I'm coming from the police station because of the moron who lives in my house.
I can't stand the trial because I've been charged criminally.
Attorney Goo!
Then...
If you're not there, what do we do?
What else? You have to do it, Attorney Cha.
Don't get scared. I'll be your paralegal.
I'll be your paralegal, okay?
Courthouse
Am I nervous?
Not at all. I'm not nervous at all.
I've probably climbed these steps ten thousand times,
carrying a heavy suitcase.
But why would I be scared all of a sudden?
This badge is a lot heavier than my suitcase,
but I'll endure.
I must prove the innocence of the defendant.
The fact that I can defend the defendant
is the biggest happiness for a lawyer.
Attorney.
I don't know why I'm nervous.
The judge won't eat you up. You act like you're going to a slaughterhouse. This isn't your first trial.
Let's go.
First day in court for Seo Ji Ah's murder case Case number 2018 Gohap 1002.
We'll begin our first day in court for Seo Ji Ah's murder case.
Prosecution, please explain the statute of your case.
Two years ago, on October 2, Defendant Ham Bok Geo,
around 5 am, he was on his way to receive exclusive news
for his paparazzi media company, K-fact, through victim Seo Ji Ah.
He met the victim through a dating app and
he strangled the victim using a rope, fatally wounding her from asphyxiation.
Around 4:30 am on the day of the incident, Defendant Ham Bok Geo
decided to meet victim Seo Ji Ah around 5 am, through a dating app.
While Defendant Ham Bok Geo worked as a former prosecutor 12 years ago, victim Seo Ji Ah
was a witness for the teenage sex hostess case.
Due to this case, Defendant Ham Bok Geo was found to have tampered the witness to commit perjury
and was removed from his prosecution position.
When Defendant Ham Bok Geo met the victim again, he felt sudden resentment and
murdered the victim using the rope that was found at the crime scene.
- That's too cruel. - How could he do that?
According to Criminal Act, Article 250-1, this prosecutor
indicts the defendant for murder.
That'll be all.
Attorney.
I brought this because you seem nervous. Put this on and
think of this place as our office.
Starting with Lieutenant Kang Young Shik from the prosecution side,
we'll begin witness testimony.
As the one in charge of the case,
you were personally involved in the case from the crime scene to working within the police, correct?
Yes, that's correct.
You arrested the defendant who eventually turned himself in? You got to interrogate him?
Yes.
Please tell us about the circumstances surrounding the incident.
The defendant was arrested when he showed his desire to turn himself in.
But during the investigation, he continues to deny committing the crime.
Witness, why did you send the defendant to the prosecutor's office with the suggestion of indictment?
Because we found the defendant's footprints and his shirt button and
in the defendant's additional charge for Kim Yoo Ri's rape case,
the minutest detailed evidence that the DNA from a bloodstain left on the scene matches with his.
He can't get away this.
By chance, do you think there's a possibility that a third party committed the crime?
By looking at the evidence that was gathered at the crime scene,
the fact that a third party, besides Ham Bok Geo, would've committed the murder,
had to be ruled out.
Witness, you recommended Ham Bok Geo turn himself in, but he still ran away.
Why do you think he did that?
Perhaps because he's not innocent?
That will be all.
Defense, would you like to cross examine?
Yes, we will.
There are numerous foot prints that are found near the crime scene.
Why did you gather only the defendant's footprints as evidence?
Yes, there were numerous footprints at the scene.
However, we determined that the footprints found closest to the body belonged to Ham Bok Geo.
This is the result of Seo Ji Ah's anal temperature.
Generally, looking at the temperature of the day, the dead body's temperature
would drop 0.5 degree every hour after death.
We can tell there is 1 hour error between that and the time indicated on his date app Ham Bok Goo arrived there.
Why did you ignore this evidence about her body temperature?
The body was halfway sunken in the water.
Not like at the room temperature, it was in the environment that the body temperature would drop faster.
The crime scene is a park near the city. Many people can access it very easily.
To investigate the case with the potential of having a third party who committed the murder,
wouldn't it be logical?
We're people who believe in evidence.
Soon after the incident, we conducted a search and seizure of the K-fact office.
We found tons of files on Seo Ji Ah including photos that were posted on TenPatch. For several years
he was following Seo Ji Ah. I figured there could've been some type of grudge in the relationship.
- It was a grudge. Bastard. - I'm speechless...
How many years of investigative experience do you have, Lieutenant?
21 years.
Then when the police come to the scene, have you ever, even once, seen a man running away,
even though he was not the real culprit?
That'll be all.
Witness, you may step down.
We'll begin witness two testimony.
We call the gallery employee, Seung Eun Ji, to the stand.
Please explain the characteristics of that shirt.
The fabric is made out of tail of the Korean black horse.
So that the holes on the button won't break off...
It has a special finish with rolling buttons.
- Is this the correct button? - Yes.
He's the one.
That'd be all.
Defense, anything you'd like to cross examine?
No, we don't have any.
You may step down.
Ohsung's CEO Lee Dong Soo
Where are you? Did you make up your mind?
No...
Never...
No, I can't!
A trial is just that. A trial.
I want to show you resolve this through a trial.
That'd be a way for me to pay back my debt to you.
Your Honor, I call to the stand K-fact's reporter Baek Jin Seo relevant to this evidence.
I will allow it.
Oh, my gosh... what's that? That's that attorney.
- Oh, my gosh! - They're lovers.
Witness, you're a reporter for K-fact as well as a paparazzi, right?
Please answer.
Yes.
Did you take this photo yourself?
I took it with our paparazzi.
Please explain the circumstance.
Objection. We heard the testimony from the shopping mall employee just now regarding the button on the shirt.
This looks to be Prosecutor's way of pressuring the defendant and defense attorney. Please overrule.
Well, I'm fine with it.
Judge, can I confirm a few things with the defendant regarding witness Baek Jin Seo's testimony?
I give you permission.
Please explain this photo, Defendant Ham Bok Geo.
You can see it for yourself, Prosecutor. A beautiful moment for a handsome young man and woman.
According to the defendant's testimony,
This is a photo that proves how the defendant and the defense lawyer are inappropriately attached to each other not only as business partners, but as lovers.
Objection. This has nothing to do with this case.
I wish to have the court reference the witness' testimony.
Since this is a grave murder case,
the fact that the defense can mislead the case due to her personal feeling toward her client...
I would like the court and the media to make note of that.
May I ask you a question, Prosecutor?
I'm sorry. I'm used to asking questions in a courtroom rather than receiving questions.
What does "inappropriate" mean exactly?
The defense attorney and I are young man and woman.
Even if we had spent last night in the same bed, there's nothing wrong with that.
The fact that you're overreacting to an "inappropriate" relationship, Prosecutor Choi...
Is there any other reason?
If you have any more questions about inappropriate relationships, please go ahead.
After hearing you, Prosecutor, I hope my innocence is proven soon...
and spend more time like that.
That would be all. I'll ask the remaining question during the defendant questioning.
He should've left his bad habits behind him. What the heck is this?
CEO Ham Bok Geo is no help.
Defense, will you be questioning witness #5?
I request Captain Kwon In Soo, a police profiler, to the stand.
Witness, did you actually see Seo Ji Ah's murder scene for yourself?
- Yes. - You came up with the criminal profile, correct?
The murder was very detailed and decisive.
Putting the body in the water wasn't a coincidence, but
it was intentionally done to confuse the time of the crime.
By chance, did the button inside Seo Ji Ah's hand have any lint or other foreign substance?
No. Without any lint or fabric piece, a clean button was in her palm.
Later, we found DNA in the sweat that was suspected to belong to the murderer.
Could it be that they planted the button in order to trap the defendant as the killer?
If it was a button that was torn away by the victim, there should be some small evidence...
or he should've taken away the evidence even if he had to break the victim's hand.
As for that, there is somewhat of a controversy.
Ordinarily, a person doesn't kill another impulsively with a rope.
If the murderer killed the victim with his bare hands,
he probably knew that he could leave his handprint marks as evidence and thus use the rope instead.
Rather than impulsive, you're saying it's closer to being an intentional planned murder?
Yes, that's right. In my opinion from observing the crime scene, the criminal
seems to be a professional who's had many experiences with taking people's lives.
If that's the case, besides the defendant...
you're saying there's a possibility that a third person might have committed the murder, right?
Then, let me ask you this way.
That defendant... may not be the murderer...
That's a logical doubt, right?
That's right.
That's all.
- We won't have to worry about our Attorney Cha. - Of course not, who do you think she is?
Prosecution, would you like to cross examine?
What if your profiling is incorrect? Profiling is for refence only.
Judge, please focus your attention on the evidence.
That'd be all.
We've completed witness testimony. We'll begin defendant testimony.
Defendant.
You were a former prosecutor and...
- paparazzi media K-fact's CEO. Is that correct? - Yes.
Please explain your relationship with the victim.
She was a witness in a teenage sex hostess case I worked on as a prosecutor.
Was it true that you asked the witness Seo Ji Ah to commit perjury?
- It is rumored to be that way. - Please answer yes or no.
- I did not ask her to commit perjury. - In any case, it was the crucial cause for your resignation as a prosecutor, right?
- That's correct. - Objection.
Prosecutor, continue.
Now, I guess you can say there's a grudge between you and the victim.
Well, I'm not sure? I'm not the petty type who holds a grudge over a weak person.
I submit a CCTV recording that was found within the 400 meter vicinity as evidence.
It's a CCTV recording that proves that the suspect showed up at the crime scene on the day of the murder.
You can't see him from the front, but he's wearing the same shoes that match the footprints found at the crime scene. Defendant...
- That's you, right? - Yes.
Defendant, why did you go to the scene that night?
I went to meet Seo Ji Ah.
How did you determine to meet that day?
Please answer. How did you decide to meet?
We decided to meet through an app.
Isn't that a dating app?
What kind of app is this?
It's a dating app.
For your information, by dating app, we mean a tool a man and woman use to meet for the purpose of sexual relations...
It's deeply connected to the recent impulsive rape and murder.
Your Honor, it's not right to insert the dating app to this case.
The reason the defendant used a dating app to meet Seo Ji Ah was to avoid the monitoring.
Prosecutor, continue.
Defendant, you were going to rape Seo Ji Ah by using the excuse of getting an exclusive news...
Didn't you commit murder because she wouldn't listen to you?
No, I didn't.
Then, why did you meet Seo Ji Ah?
I wanted to meet her because I was concerned about her safety.
But I have no intention of using that dating app any longer.
Please recommend me another app if you know of any. I believe you're an expert in that area.
You were concerned for her safety and you met her to do... what exactly?
I couldn't do anything. When I found Seo Ji Ah, she was already dead.
But why didn't you report it and just run away?
Someone who wanted to meet her out of a concern for her safety didn't even think of reporting the incident to catch the real culprit, but ran away.
On top of that, someone who used to be a prosecutor.
Does this make sense at all?
I know what you're going to say, Prosecutor.
I believed it was a trap I couldn't avoid considering circumstantial evidence.
When I found her, Seo Ji Ah's heartbeat had stopped, but she was still warm.
The livor mortis from strangulation didn't surface yet. There was no postmortem lividity either. Livor Mortis - Discoloration that occurs after death. Postmortem lividity - black and bluish color after death.
Ultimately, when I tried to get dead Seo Ji Ah out of the water, I found my button that was planted in the palm of Seo Ji Ah's hand.
Wait, are you saying you actually saw the button in the center of our issue?
Defendant, you must be trying hard to flip the crucial evidence that's against you.
Defendant, do you think that it's to your advantage to say that you saw that button?
Yes, I saw it.
And I left it as is.
You're saying you left the crucial evidence at the scene that will point you as the murder...
I thought it could be the trick of the true murderer.
The minute it was confirmed that I removed the button from Seo Ji Ah's hand...
I believe the court will see that as me being the guilty party and taking care of the circumstance from experience.
Prosecutor, do you have any more questions?
- Your Honor, at the crime scene, the fact that Ham Bok Geo committed the crime... - Attorney.
Attorney, are you going to bring that up today?
All the evidences that show...
Yes. I think I should.
Defense, do you have any more questions?
Judge, the coroner Park Ji Seok passed away right before the trial began.
Instead, I request Researcher No Seon Ae who participated in the autopsy.
I give permission.
- Did you personally participate in victim Seo Ji Ah's autopsy? - Yes.
The coroner who performed the autopsy, Park Ji Seok, passed away right before this trial.
- Did you know about that? - Yes.
Objection! The defense is asking questions that have nothing to do with this case.
It does matter.
This is a thimble.
Mothers use it to protect their fingers when they sew.
Unlike honorable legal personnels sitting here, I started out from rock bottom as a paralegal.
The work that I was involved in doing over ten years is that I'd review all the case related documents and analyze them...
and summarize essential facts to the lawyers.
This is a thimble I used to review documents that were relevant to this case.
As many times I've reviewed the documents again and again, this thimble got worn out and
got a hole.
It's all torn up.
The fact that a person has hit rock bottom can be meaningful at times.
Objection. Is she showing off that the defense attorney used to be a paralegal or something...
I have no idea why she's talking about hitting rock bottom...
This is the additional report on the stomach content of the victim compiled by deceased Coroner Park Ji Seok.
When I say "additional report" to the autopsy report, it means the coroner examined the content of the stomach
and recorded the test he ran for poisoning.
On the page one and two of this additional report,
it records ramen and coffee she ingested about two hours before her death.
It ends this way.
On page four, it says that there was nothing special that was found under the title of poison analysis.
Defense, I understand this is your first trial. But we don't have much time...
there's no need for you to read all that to us.
I'm sure the prosecution has confirmed that as well. You should stop.
I believe the prosecution doesn't know about this.
The fact that a page out of reference material was missing.
There's this thing called Tunnel Vision.
When they find the evidence that directs to the defendant's guilty verdict, the prosecution focuses on that only
It's a phenomenon that shows that they don't look at anything else.
Prosecution is committing the error of tunnel vision right now.
After the death of the coroner, the defense requested the prosecution to address the document at issue...
Whether it's intentional or a mistake... just like this...
they sent us a document that was missing a page like this.
It just means they only see what they want to see.
What should I do?
What's going on?
Did they hide it away?
Let Cha Geum Joo have at it. Let her drive her point to the foreign substance.
By chance, do you remember how many pages there were in the report, Witness?
Do you remember?
Then, I'll ask you another way.
By chance, was there anything unusual while you were performing autopsy with Coroner Park Ji Seok?
I think there was a page on a foreign substance.
When you say "foreign substance," what do you mean by that?
There was a small plastic wrapper inside her stomach. I believe Coroner Park recorded it separately.
Since the intention of the prosecution is unclear,
the defense tried to confirm the original autopsy report.
Since the coroner's death, we couldn't locate the original.
We received a vague answer asking us to request it through the Prosecutors Office.
The Prosecutors Office must address the issue at hand with the document...
You must explain it without a trace of doubt.
She's got it. She did it. Our Golden Tree is standing tall.
That's all.
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Woman With a Suitcase
Good thinking. You'll have something more valuable than that metal piece.
We will be more aggressive in our second day in court.
You take care of that. How is Cha Geum Joo doing?
I'm in so much pain. I feel like I did that to that child.
They say they keep receiving a letter like this. I think it's Gyeong Hwan.
Cha Geum Joo will want retrial.
You decide between Cha Geum Joo's life or the truth behind the case. Stop revealing the truth at all cost.
Wouldn't that be the best?
Are you going to do the retrial for sure?
Is it more important than yourself, Attorney Cha?
I feel that way. I really want to reveal it.
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