Seoul: The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld life imprisonment for a man who went on a deadly stabbing rampage in Bundang, south of Seoul. Choi Won-jong, 23, was indicted for smashing his mother's car into passing pedestrians outside a busy department store in Bundang in the city of Seongnam on Aug. 3 and going on a stabbing spree inside the store building. Two women died after being struck by the car, and 12 others were injured in the car crash and stabbing rampage. According to Yonhap News Agency, on Wednesday, the top court finalized life imprisonment for him, saying that the sentence cannot be seen as unfair and there were no violations of the defendant's right to a fair trial. Choi had insisted that he was in a state of mental vulnerability at the time of the crime and so he does not have to take criminal responsibility, but the court rejected the claim.
Supreme Court Upholds Life Imprisonment for Man in Deadly Bundang Stabbing Rampage.
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