Senior staff member Minjok Ilbo

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Charge:	Collaboration with the enemy
Sentence:	5 years
Years Imprisoned:	5
Year Crime:	1961
Year Convicted:	1961
Year Cleared:	2008
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Republic of Korea (South Korea)
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Wrongly convicted by a military court in August 1961 of collaboration with North Korea, and sentenced to five years in prison. He was a Senior Staff member of Minjok Ilbo, meaning People's Newspaper, and co-defendant of Jo Yong-su, the papers founder. Yong-su was sentenced to death and executed in December 1961. Jo Yong-jun, Yong-su's younger brother, filed a petition in 2007 to reconsider his brother's conviction. On January 16, 2008, Judge Kim Yong-seok of the Seoul Central District Court dramatically announced, "The defendant is innocent. There's no evidence that he participated in such pro-North Korean parties." With Yong-su's exoneration,his family members could file a suit for compensation from the South Korean. Jo Yong-jun is now 74 years old. The District Court also acquitted the Senior Staff member."
Conviction Caused By:	False testimony by government witnesses.
Innocence Proved By:	"On January 16, 2008, Judge Kim Yong-seok of the Seoul Central District Court dramatically announced, "The defendant is innocent. There's no evidence that he participated in such pro-North Korean parties." With Yong-su's exoneration,his family members could file a suit for compensation from the South Korean government. Jo Yong-jun is now 74 years old. The District Court also acquitted the Senior Staff member."
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Compensation Awarded:	Eligible
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Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"Newspaper publisher acquitted 47 years after his execution for 'helping north korea', The Hankyoreh, January 16, 2008"
Information Location 1:	http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_national/263571.html
Information Source 2:	"Today in korean history, August 28, Yonhap News Agency"
Information Location 2:	http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/Miscellaneous/2007/08/27/34/1500000000AEN20070827001800320F.HTML
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Senior staff member Minjok Ilbo

Charge:

Collaboration with the enemy

Sentence:

5 years

Years Imprisoned:

5

Year Crime:

1961

Year Convicted:

1961

Year Cleared:

2008

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Republic of Korea (South Korea)

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

False testimony by government witnesses.

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Eligible

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"Newspaper publisher acquitted 47 years after his execution for 'helping north korea', The Hankyoreh, January 16, 2008"

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http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_national/263571.html

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"Today in korean history, August 28, Yonhap News Agency"

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http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/Miscellaneous/2007/08/27/34/1500000000AEN20070827001800320F.HTML

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