Cho Doo-soon case
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Cho Doo-soon ({{Korean|hangul=조두순}}) was born on October 18, 1952.{{Cite news |title=Notorious Child Rapist, Cho Doo-Soon, Released - 충대신문 |url=http://press.cnu.ac.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=15562 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418111918/http://press.cnu.ac.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=15562 |archive-date=2021-04-18 |access-date=2026-01-14 |language=ko |url-status=live }} He dropped out of middle school and in 1970, he committed his first crime, stealing a bicycle. He was given leniency because of his young age and because it was a small-scale crime.{{Cite web|date=2020-09-16|script-title=ko:"인생 전체가 범죄…'전과 18범' 조두순, 화학 거세 주장도" - 머니투데이|url=https://news.mt.co.kr/mtview.php?no=2020091607038235383|access-date=2020-10-06|website=[[Money Today]]|language=ko}} In 1972, he was sentenced to 1 year and 6 months in a youth detention center for extorting money from a street stall. In 1977, he was sentenced to 8 months in prison for habitual theft. In 1983, at age 31, he raped a 19-year-old girl who worked nearby where he lived; she needed 30 days of treatment to recover. He was sentenced to 3 years in prison for this crime. After his release, he was fined several times for various violent crimes, including the assault of a bar hostess. In 1995, while drinking, Cho assaulted a man in his 60s to death, because he praised controversial president [[Chun Doo-hwan]]. As he was deemed feeble-minded, he was sentenced to 2 years and admitted into a psychiatric hospital.{{Cite web|date=2020-09-11|script-title=ko:"전두환 찬양했다고 때려 죽여"…조두순 출소일 앞두고 과거 사건 재조명 - 유혜지 |url=http://www.topstarnews.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=832986|access-date=2020-10-06|website=톱스타뉴스|language=ko}} Cho's only family is his wife, who has nothing but praise for him. Cho's wife said "Cooking rice and side dishes, cleaning the home and all the household work ... My husband has done it for 20 years ... He has never vented his anger and he has been hailed as a polite person."{{Cite web|script-title=ko:조두순 아내 탄원서 "남편, 예의를 아는 사람"|url=https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2019/05/30/2019053000411.html|access-date=2020-10-06|website=[[The Chosun Ilbo]]|date=18 July 2020 |language=ko}} While married, Cho committed 11 out of his 18 total crimes. For most of his crimes he was drunk and gave the excuse that he "does not remember"; Cho's wife said that he only committed crimes because of alcohol. |
Cho Doo-soon ({{Korean|hangul=조두순|labels=no}}) was born on October 18, 1952.{{Cite news |title=Notorious Child Rapist, Cho Doo-Soon, Released - 충대신문 |url=http://press.cnu.ac.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=15562 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418111918/http://press.cnu.ac.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=15562 |archive-date=2021-04-18 |access-date=2026-01-14 |language=ko |url-status=live }} He dropped out of middle school and in 1970, he committed his first crime, stealing a bicycle. He was given leniency because of his young age and because it was a small-scale crime.{{Cite web|date=2020-09-16|script-title=ko:"인생 전체가 범죄…'전과 18범' 조두순, 화학 거세 주장도" - 머니투데이|url=https://news.mt.co.kr/mtview.php?no=2020091607038235383|access-date=2020-10-06|website=[[Money Today]]|language=ko}} In 1972, he was sentenced to 1 year and 6 months in a youth detention center for extorting money from a street stall. In 1977, he was sentenced to 8 months in prison for habitual theft. In 1983, at age 31, he raped a 19-year-old girl who worked nearby where he lived; she needed 30 days of treatment to recover. He was sentenced to 3 years in prison for this crime. After his release, he was fined several times for various violent crimes, including the assault of a bar hostess. In 1995, while drinking, Cho assaulted a man in his 60s to death, because he praised controversial president [[Chun Doo-hwan]]. As he was deemed feeble-minded, he was sentenced to 2 years and admitted into a psychiatric hospital.{{Cite web|date=2020-09-11|script-title=ko:"전두환 찬양했다고 때려 죽여"…조두순 출소일 앞두고 과거 사건 재조명 - 유혜지 |url=http://www.topstarnews.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=832986|access-date=2020-10-06|website=톱스타뉴스|language=ko}} Cho's only family is his wife, who has nothing but praise for him. Cho's wife said "Cooking rice and side dishes, cleaning the home and all the household work ... My husband has done it for 20 years ... He has never vented his anger and he has been hailed as a polite person."{{Cite web|script-title=ko:조두순 아내 탄원서 "남편, 예의를 아는 사람"|url=https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2019/05/30/2019053000411.html|access-date=2020-10-06|website=[[The Chosun Ilbo]]|date=18 July 2020 |language=ko}} While married, Cho committed 11 out of his 18 total crimes. For most of his crimes he was drunk and gave the excuse that he "does not remember"; Cho's wife said that he only committed crimes because of alcohol. |
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