Korean Fugitives on the Run: Getting more Difficult with Change of Law

Korea, last May, changed it law to allow the statute of limitation on crimes not to toll for fugitives.  Before the law change,if a defendant was not sentenced, the statute of limitation could toll (expire), thus, the defendant could avoid a conviction based on the tolling of the statute of limitation.

For example, if a person is being questioned for a crime with a ten year statute of limitation, prior to the change in the law, the accused would not be able to be prosecuted after the ten year term expired. 

Other articles that may be of interest are:

• Defamation Law Under Korean Law
• Adultery in Korea: Suspended Sentences Under Korean Law
• Required Traits of a Great Criminal Lawyer in Korea: Hiring a Defense Lawyer in South Korea
• Public Defenders in Korea: 77.6% of Defendants Satisfied with Public Defenders
• Criminal Lawyers in Korea: Defense Lawyer to Hire and Not to Hire?

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Sean Hayes may be contacted at: [email protected]

Sean Hayes is co-chair of the Korea Practice Team at IPG Legal. He is the first non-Korean attorney to have worked for the Korean court system (Constitutional Court of Korea) and one of the first non-Koreans to be a regular member of a Korean law faculty. He is ranked, for Korea, as one of only two non-Korean attorneys as a Top Attorney by AsiaLaw.