Delayed Justice (Fly Dragon / Fly From Rags To Riches / Narara Gaecheonyong / 날아라 개천용)

Is the person...

who murdered the truck driver here in this courtroom today?

Yes.

Who is it?

Him.

Prosecutor, please announce the sentence.

As pronounced in the original trial,

the prosecution sentences him 10 years of jail time.

Defendant, please make your closing argument.

You asked the defendant on the first day of the retrial.

Even so,

how could you possibly confess to such a thing?

You could have faced the death penalty.

You must've been genuinely curious.

Even though we all live in this same world,

it's difficult to understand...

what someone else is going through.

That day, the defendant couldn't say a word to you.

He was sweating in anxiety the whole time, then said,

"Tell him to experience the beating I had!"

"The jerks who have never been hit always ask things like that."

I'm sorry if that was rude.

I just wanted to deliver exactly what the defendant said.

When the defendant was accused of murder,

his mother caught two chickens to boil.

She had no money to hire a lawyer, so she took that to the police.

Ma'am, what are you carrying?

I brought some braised chickens. Please look after my son.

I'd appreciate it if you shared it with Du Shik too.

The son lied in his statement to live,

and the mother couldn't afford a lawyer,

so she cooked chickens instead.

Do you know...

where their last hope is?

It's the court.

"The police may beat me,"

"and I may be so broke that all I can afford are chickens,"

"but in court,"

"the judge will listen to me, even though I'm weak."

That's what made them stay strong through all the mistreatment.

But at court,

the judge innocently asks,

"Why did you lie to the police?"

"If you thought it was unfair, you should've hired a lawyer."

Judge, please take a look at the world...

through the defendant's eyes and not your privileged ones.

Only then, you'll see the shocking world,

the world that can just accuse a 17-year-old for a murder case.

You will see how ironic the police, the prosecution, and the court is!

I've witnessed a lot as his lawyer too.

The police manipulating the case.

Prosecutors interfering with reporting about the case.

The abnormal assignment of the case by the court.

Intervention into the trial. Interference.

If it wasn't a backdoor deal,

how can you explain this situation?

Counsel!

You've insulted the court...

Your Honor. You are famous for being a perfectionist.

Can you explain why the retrial was held so soon...

that you couldn't even read the case file?

Oh, I apologize.

I actually didn't have time to go through all the trial records.

I was pressed for time.

As per Article 103 of the Constitution,

"Judges shall rule independently according to their conscience..."

"and in conformity with the Constitution and laws."

Your Honor, can you stand proudly...

before the Constitution?

I don't expect you to have a conscience.

I don't expect you to have pity...

or compassion toward the victim and his mother.

Please judge...

strictly by the law.

I rest my case.

That felt cathartic,

but can you fix what you said...

about the court's backdoor dealings?

I did it to destroy it all.

Why would I fix it?

Mr. Park Tae Yong! - Mr. Park!

Mr. Park! - Mr. Park!

What is your proof regarding the court's backdoor dealings?

Are you saying something shady went down regarding this trial?

Do you think they'll confess?

Please tell us.

Okay, okay.

I'll tell you after the court renders their decision.

Who is manipulating the trial and why?

What's going on? - What are you implying?

Please tell us more. - What proof do you have?

Please tell us what you know.

Park Tae Yong has accused the justice department...

of backdoor dealings regarding the case.

Park claimed that an unknown power was involved in the retrial...

of the Osung trucker murder case.

The Supreme Court denied the accusation immediately.

A backdoor dealing regarding trials and interventions into trials...

have never occurred even during the authoritarian regime.

It is a serious insult to the justice department.

The Supreme Court will work with the judicial team of the trial...

to hold Park Tae Yong legally accountable...

and will request disciplinary action by the Korean Bar Association.

Hi, Yoon Suk. - Hi there.

You're setting fires recklessly.

Can you prove it?

Are you a firefighter?

You call whenever we set a fire.

If you guys keep it up, you can kiss the retrial goodbye.

You'll be arrested for arson instead.

Arson gets you prison time automatically.

Do your due diligence.

Okay. Call the fire department to report the fire.

We're mad busy restarting fires that went out.

So bye now.

The fire department.

Everyone is talking about what you said. You can prove it, right?

You have something that you didn't tell us about, don't you?

I was describing the situation, that's all.

You did it without thinking?

No way.

This was the only way.

Since Lee Jae Sung denied his crime.

This is the truth that we felt with our whole bodies.

A trial isn't intimacy. Why are you feeling it with your body?

We have to pressure them...

so that the judges can't render a shady decision.

Have some faith in me.

Let's go somewhere.

Your Honor, can you stand proudly...

before the Constitution?

How did manage the trial that you let Park Tae Yong say...

there was a backdoor dealing regarding the trial?

I'm sorry, sir. I'm sorry, sir.

I'm sorry.

But sir,

I don't know if he said that knowing about our deal...

Deal? What deal?

Darn it.

Hello, sir.

I should've called first.

What? Backdoor dealing?

I've never heard of such a thing in my 30 years as a lawyer.

If you can't prove what you said,

you'll be disciplined.

Be prepared to be disbarred!

Mr. Park. There's still time.

Let's prove it together.

So... There are two things that we need to fix.

We have to win the trial...

and prove the backdoor dealing.

How could he say there was a backdoor dealing?

Like a give and take?

Does that exist in the court?

That only exists in companies.

Are you asking because you really don't know?

He asked the judge...

to do something obvious like follow the law.

That may be...

the hardest to do for the justice department.

They collaborated with the military...

and helped the wealthy.

Would that have been possible if they had followed the law?

But I have seven convictions.

These punks were cold only to me.

You got only seven convictions because they were nice to you.

Well, if you say that...

That's true.

If he can't silence...

this backdoor dealing controversy,

we'll get rid of Chief Justice Jo Ki Soo.

What? - We gave him an opportunity.

We should get rid of him if he fails...

before things get out of control.

Have you made a decision on what you'll do with the schools?

So... Yes...

Well... Not yet...

Do you think I'm joking right now?

Have you made your decision?

Even if the judge hesitates,

the higher-ups...

will have the case appealed and will bury it.

We had faith in you, which is why we entrusted you with this case.

Even I have never been a department head there.

It's a necessary step to get into the Supreme Court.

Why do judges only ever make mistakes...

when it's people who are powerless, uneducated, and poor?

I will read the decision.

Defendant.

Please rise.

This court...

finds the defendant...

not guilty.

Nothing we can say...

can make up for the 18 years during which you had been...

discriminated against and branded after being framed when you were 17.

On behalf of the senior judges and the justice department,

this court would like to express our deep apologies...

to the defendant and his family.

Hurray!