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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

Woman exonerated after spending 25 years in prison for murder of her father

A South Korean court on Monday found a woman not guilty of murdering her father after she spent almost a quarter century in prison.

The Gwangju district court acquitted Kim Shin Hye, 47, who was falsely sentenced to life in prison for murdering her father and disposing of his body in 2000, after a retrial. It cited a lack of evidence and unclear motive for Ms Kim to commit the crime.

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