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The prosecutor's appeal is dismissed.
Reasons
1. The summary of the grounds for appeal is unreasonable as the lower court’s punishment (20 million won of fine) is too unhued.
2. The instant crime was determined by the Defendant’s act of purchasing sex four times against runaway juveniles, and there is a lot of possibility of criticism.
However, in full view of the following circumstances: (a) the Defendant led to the confession of and reflect against the above crime; (b) there is no record of punishment for the same kind of crime; and (c) there is no circumstance that the Defendant first induced runaway juveniles to commit the instant crime by inducing them to commit the instant crime; and (d) other circumstances indicated in the instant pleadings, including the Defendant’s age, character and conduct, family relationship, environment, circumstances and degree of the crime; and (e) circumstances after the commission of the crime, etc.
Therefore, the prosecutor's above assertion is without merit.
3. The prosecutor's appeal of conclusion is without merit, and it is dismissed in accordance with Article 364 (4) of the Criminal Procedure Act. It is so decided as per Disposition.