Korean True Crime
Korean True Crime
Mimi Mizicko
Wrongful Execution (Case of Oh Hwi-woong)
40 minutes Posted May 29, 2026 at 1:12 am.
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Oh Hwi-woong was executed for the 1974 murders of Jeong Si-hwa and his two young children despite a complete lack of physical evidence linking him to the crime scene. Despite having an alibi, he was found guilty. Decades later, even the presiding judge would be haunted by lifelong regret over signing the execution warrant. How did they allow an innocent man to hang?

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