The special prosecution team requested the death penalty for former President Yoon Suk Yeol at the sentencing hearing in his appeal trial on charges of leading an insurrection linked to the December 3 emergency martial law. The request was made on October 29 at the Seoul High Court, where prosecutors argued there was no reason to hesitate over seeking capital punishment; Yoon received a life sentence in the first trial.
The team also sought life imprisonment for former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun and prison terms of 30, 20, 15 and 12 years for four other defendants. These are sentencing requests by the prosecution, not the appeal court’s final judgments.