A South Korean court sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to life in prison Thursday for leading an insurrection after declaring martial law in December 2024.<\/p>\n
Yoon was found guilty of abuse of authority and masterminding the insurrection.<\/p>\n
Yoon, 65, denied the charges and argued that he had presidential authority to declare martial law and that his action was aimed at sounding the alarm over opposition parties’ obstruction of government.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Prosecutors said in January that Yoon’s ‘unconstitutional and illegal emergency martial law undermined the function of the National Assembly and the Election Commission … actually destroying the liberal democratic constitutional order.’<\/p>\n
Yoon’s attempt to impose martial law lasted roughly six hours, sparking mass street protests before parliament quickly voted it down.<\/p>\n
Under South Korean law, masterminding an insurrection carries a maximum sentence of death or life imprisonment. Prosecutors hadsought the death penalty.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
While courts last imposed a death sentence in 2016, South Korea has not carried out an execution since 1997.<\/p>\n
Yoon is expected to appeal the ruling.<\/p>\n
Yoon faces eight ongoing trial proceedings and was already given a five-year prison sentence last month in a separate case on charges including obstructing authorities\u2019 attempts to arrest him following his martial law declaration. He has appealed that sentence.<\/p>\n
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