Former South Korean President Yoon Seok-el was sentenced to life in prison in a December 2024 rebellion case. The verdict was delivered on February 19 by the Seoul Central District Court, Yonhap news agency reports.
According to this article, the Criminal Code provides for only the death penalty or life imprisonment. The prosecutor's office demanded the death penalty for the former president, which has been subject to a moratorium in South Korea since 1997.
Former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun was also sentenced in the 2024 mutiny case. He received a 30-year prison sentence.
In total, Yoon Seok-yeol participates in eight trials as a defendant, four of them related to the imposition of martial law. In another case, on obstruction of arrest due to the confrontation between the presidential security service and law enforcement agencies in January 2025, he was already sentenced in January this year to five years in prison.
Yoon Seok-yeol was charged with organizing a rebellion due to the imposition of martial law in violation of the constitution in December 2024. In particular, the investigation believed that he was trying to "crush his political opponents." In April 2025, the Constitutional Court found that martial law was contrary to the basic law of the country, on this basis, Yun Seok-yeol was removed from power. tass.ru.
