From now on, impaired driving deaths constitute life imprisonment.

The National Assembly pbaded the bill, which was held at the 29th plenary meeting.

First, the National Assembly amended the provision of Article 10, paragraph 2, In the existing criminal law, if mental and mental weakness is proven, the criminal must be reduced (rule of necessity reduction), but this amendment allowed commuting at the discretion of the judge.

Specifically, only part of the sentence has changed. Article 10 (2) of the existing Criminal Law provides that "the fact of a person who does not have the ability to distinguish objects due to a physical or mental disability or a weak ability to make decisions has the effect of reducing its status. " Can be reduced to & # 39;

The revision of the "Minorities and Refinement" clause is a murder case committed by the police in Gangseo-gu, Seoul. The suspect in this case, who had obtained public authorization, claimed that he was taking his depression medication normally, but the court did not accept it.

However, public opinion reacted very negatively to the practice of suspects claiming themselves weak and able to lower their older siblings, and over a million people agreed to file a petition In these circumstances, the National Assembly has pbaded a bill to amend certain criminal laws so that the law becomes a discretionary power instead of forced physical and mental removal. The same day, 248 votes were voted and 250 people abstained.

On the same day, the National Assembly also pbaded a bill amending the law entitled "Yoon Chang-ho Law", a law on the punishment of heavy crime.

After the victim, Yun, victim of an impaired driving in Haeundae (Busan), was treated for more than 50 days in the hospital's intensive care unit. from Busan on September 25, the national public opinion demanded that drunk driving be punished and punished.

As a result, the National Assembly carried the sentence of "sentence of one year or more" to "weapon, three years or more of prison" for the author who caused the death by conduct in state of drunkenness and imprisonment for 10 years or 500 Legislators have announced that they would be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of more than one year and under 15 years or to a fine of 10 million won or more and 30 million won or less, a fine of 10,000 won or more and 30 million won or less. It was treated.