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| The Case of Itaewon Homicide; UPDATED WITH NEWS ON THE SUSPECT CAUGHT IN US | |
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| Hitman-Reloaded | Sep 22 2009, 05:05 PM Post #1 |
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![]() DETAILED BREAKDOWN OF REAL CASE TRAILER mms://vod.cine21.com/cine21.com/movie/trailer/2009/08/itaewon_tr.wmv VIDEOS VIDEOS OFFICIAL SITE http://movie.naver.com http://movie.daum.net Edited by Hitman-Reloaded, Oct 11 2011, 10:49 PM.
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| Hitman-Reloaded | Sep 22 2009, 05:08 PM Post #2 |
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The story behind a homicide that shook Itaewon![]() Actor Jang Geun-seok plays Pearson, one of the two key murder suspects in “The Case of Itaewon Homicide.” Provided by Sponge Ent. Making a film based on a true story definitely has its pros and cons. While reality and a solid plotline are largely guaranteed, people know the ending, leaving very little room to build suspense. Based on an unsolved murder case at a hamburger chain in Seoul’s multicultural Itaewon district in 1997, “The Case of Itaewon Homicide” opens with a graphically brutal scene in which an innocent college student is stabbed to death by a stranger. The killing shook the country that year, as local investigators failed to find the real killer, despite having two Korean-American suspects in custody who blamed one another. The hamburger shop eventually closed down, and frightened locals shunned the popular neighborhood for months. As the movie shows, contradicting evidence and claims by the two suspects were enough to throw off the investigators, who still haven’t been able to solve the case. One of the suspects was declared not guilty by the court in 1998 for lack of evidence, and the other suspect left the country a year later. The investigation will officially close in April 2012 when the statute of limitations expires. Retaining composure throughout, The Case of Itaewon Homicide dutifully tracks the investigation as the three main characters - two teenage suspects and a prosecutor - try to outwit one another in a mental battle. Actor Jeong Jin-yeong in the role of the prosecutor as well as Jang Geun-seok and Shin Seung-hwan each pull off their respective parts, helping the audience understand why the investigators failed to nail down the killer. What the movie does not do, however, is bring some spice to the story, a critical element in a story based on a true incident. The movie naturally invites comparison with another film based on a real-life homicide that is also unresolved, “Memories of Murder” (2003). In that piece, director Bong Joon-ho managed to build up the suspense by adding drama. In The Case of Itaewon Homicide, the actors put on a convincing performance. But their characters are somewhat plain and dull, not quite managing to bring viewers to the edge of their seats. The film also fails to hit the bull’s eye on two aspects it should have put more focus on - the U.S. influence in the case and the role of the victim’s family. Records show the case was complicated by the involvement of Korean-Americans, whom the U.S. protects as American nationals. http://joongangdaily.com |
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| Hitman-Reloaded | Oct 11 2011, 10:37 PM Post #3 |
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'Itaewon murder' suspect arrested in US - UPDATE TODAY ON SUSPECT CAUGHT IN US -10-11-2011 By Kim Rahn A prime suspect of the so-called “Itaewon murder” case has been arrested and detained in the United States where he is facing extradition proceedings 14 years after the homicide in 1997, according to the prosecution and the Ministry of Justice. Officials of the prosecution and the ministry confirmed Tuesday that the suspect, Arthur Patterson, was arrested in June and a local court in California is hearing arguments on whether to extradite him to Korea. It is to be seen whether the court will extradite Patterson, a U.S. military serviceman’s son who was 18 years old at the time of the crime, and whether the case will be laid to rest. “It takes a long time for a court to rule on extradition. We don’t know when the decision will be made nor what it will be,” a prosecutor said. The murder dates back to April 1997 when a Korean collegian, Cho Jung-pil, was stabbed to death in a restroom at a fast food franchise in Itaewon, Seoul. Two teenagers at the scene — Patterson and Korean-American Edward Lee — were named as suspects. Lee was indicted for murder and received a heavy jail sentence at lower courts, but the Supreme Court ordered him to be acquitted in September 1999. Patterson, indicted for possessing an illegal weapon, was imprisoned for about eight months and released on Aug. 15, 1998, on special parole. Following Lee’s acquittal, Patterson was accused of the murder, but he fled to the United States in August 1999 after prosecutors made the mistake of not renewing a travel ban. The statute of limitations for murder is 15 years, so only about six months are left. But the period could be increased by 10 more as the law extends the statute when a suspect flees the country to avoid trial. “To apply the law, the prosecution will have to first prove that Patterson left Korea to escape being tries for murder,” a prosecutor said. The victim’s mother Lee Bok-su, 69, told Yonhap News Agency: “It’s like I have been in hell the past 14 years. I want the suspect to be brought to a Korean court as early as possible.” In 2009, the film “The Case of the Itaewon Homicide,” depicting the murder, was released and public demand grew for the case to be reinvestigated. The Ministry of Justice then asked the U.S. authorities to extradite Patterson. In 2006, a court ordered the state to pay 34 million won in compensation to Cho’s bereaved family, saying the family was deprived of a chance to see justice done through its failure to renew the travel ban on the accused. http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/ http://news.donga.com/ - KOREAN TEXT Edited by Hitman-Reloaded, Oct 11 2011, 10:56 PM.
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| Hitman-Reloaded | Oct 11 2011, 11:01 PM Post #4 |
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Prime Suspect in 'Itaewon Hamburger Shop Murder' on Trial The prime suspect in the unsolved case of the 'Itaewon Hamburger Shop' murder has been arrested and is undergoing trial in the United States. In 1997 a 23-year-old Korean college student was stabbed to death in a hamburger shop bathroom in Itaewon, a multicultural neighborhood in Seoul. American soldier Arthur Patterson and Korean American Edward Lee were suspected of killing Cho after following him into the washroom but the two were released on insufficient evidence. 14 years after the incident, an official with Korea's prosecutors' office said he had learned that Patterson is currently held by US authorities and is undergoing trial in a California court which will decide whether he will be repatriated to Korea. Even though it is one year before the 15-year statute of limitations on murder is about to expire legal experts say his departure nullifies the statute. WITH VIDEO |
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| Hitman-Reloaded | Oct 11 2011, 11:04 PM Post #5 |
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SKorea: Extradition imminent in Itaewon Burger King murder? http://asiancorrespondent.com/66925/extradition-finally-coming-in-itaewon-burger-king-murder/ |
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| Hitman-Reloaded | Oct 11 2011, 11:08 PM Post #6 |
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Prime Suspect in 1997 Murder Faces Extradition from U.S. The prime suspect in the murder of a university student in Itaewon, Seoul 14 years ago has been caught in the U.S. and is undergoing extradition proceedings. The Justice Ministry on Monday said Arthur Patterson, the then-17-year-old son of a U.S. Forces Korea civilian employee, is accused of stabbing Cho Jung-pil, then a 23-year-old student at Hongik University, nine times in the toilet of a hamburger restaurant in Itaewon in April 1997. Edward Lee, a Korean-American who was 18 at the time, was at the scene with Patterson, was accused and tried for the murder, but the Supreme Court acquitted him in September 1999 due to insufficient evidence. Patterson, who was only indicted for possession of lethal weapons, was released in a special amnesty in August 1998 and left for the U.S. at the end of August 1999, just before Lee was cleared. Right after the amnesty, Cho's family filed another complaint against Patterson and the investigation was reopened. However, the indictment was dropped in October 2002 because Patterson was out of the country. But when public opinion soured after the film "Where the Truth Lies" based on the murder was released in 2009, public prosecutors requested Patterson's extradition to the U.S. at the end of that year. Patterson was arrested by U.S. authorities in May and has since been in detention. The extradition case is being heard by a Californian court. Korean prosecutors believe that there is a high chance that it will be successful. They believed Patterson is the prime suspect because Cho's blood was found on his clothes in a DNA test and Lee testified that he saw Patterson stab Cho. The murder took place 14 years and six months ago, just six months shy of the 15-year statute of limitation for murder. But under the Criminal Procedure Law, the statute of limitations freezes the day a suspect flees overseas, leaving more than 10 years in this case. "It's hard to make any predictions because extradition hearings can take a very long time in the U.S., and we don't know what the Californian court will decide," a prosecution spokesman said. "But we hope that Patterson will be extradited and punished in Korea." http://english.chosun.com/ Edited by Hitman-Reloaded, Oct 11 2011, 11:24 PM.
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| Hitman-Reloaded | Oct 11 2011, 11:26 PM Post #7 |
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Court Finds for Victim's Family in Bungled Prosecution The Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with the father of a murder victim who is suing the state for W100 million (about US$100,000) in damages for bungling the prosecution of his son's killer. After Cho Jung-pil was murdered at an Itaewon Burger King in 1997, investigators fingered Arthur J. Patterson, the then 17-year-old son of a U.S. Forces Korea civilian employee and Edward K. Lee (18 at the time) as prime suspects. "One of the two men is the real murderer, but neither the prosecutor nor the judge could determine who it was," Cho's father said. "The prosecutor allowed them to go free and then said it was just 'a mistake.' This case will never be over until the person who murdered my son is brought to justice." Throughout the investigation, Patterson and Lee each blamed the other for the killing. The prosecution decided to charge Lee with the murder, but the case made it all the way to the Supreme Court, where he was acquitted in 1998. Cho's father believes it was Patterson who murdered his son. He says it was clear that either of the two men was the killer, but a Seoul district public prosecutor identified as Kim, who was in charge of the case, forgot to renew a travel ban for Patterson, who promptly fled to the U.S. Kim says he was preoccupied because a member of his staff had just been arrested on corruption charges, so he made a mistake. When two days later he applied to renew the travel ban, Patterson was gone. Cho's family searched for Patterson in the U.S. "We hired private detectives in the United States to track down Patterson," says Cho's brother-in-law, who gave his name as Seo. "We were going to stand him before a U.S. court, but we gave up because the lawyers’ fees were too much." But Cho's death was too unjust for his father to let things stop there. He brought a suit against the state, claiming pain and suffering due to Patterson's release because of the prosecutor's negligence. He lost in the first and second instance on the grounds that while the failure of the prosecutor to extend the travel ban was negligent, the case had yet to be completed and there was direct no causal link between Kim's action and the emotional pain suffered by Cho's family. But the Supreme Court on Wednesday took the side of the victim's family. With Park Jae-yoon presiding, it ruled there was a direct causal relationship between the mistakes made by the prosecutor and the suffering of the victim's family and returned the case to Seoul High Court. "The prosecutor carried out his duties in a thoroughly illogical manner, and because of this, the suspect fled overseas, which made it impossible to conduct an investigation and trial," the court said. "The state must compensate the bereaved, who have lost their chance to get to the bottom" of their son's murder. On hearing the verdict, Cho's family said, "We cannot rest until Jung-pil's killer is revealed." The Patterson case is officially still under investigation at the Seoul Central Prosecutors' Office. Kim was never punished and now works for the Supreme Prosecutor's Office. http://english.chosun.com/ |
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