DUI convict Kim Hojoong Is Eligible For Parole… Is Christmas Pardon Possible?

Singer Kim Ho-joong (34), doing time for drunk driving hit-and-run, was recommended for release. On the 5th, legal and entertainment circles reported that the Ministry of Justice’s Parole Review Board had nominated Kim Ho-joong for Christmas parole review. When a prisoner has served at least one-third of their sentence, is in good standing, and unlikely to reoffend, parole is usually granted. However, crime type and other factors affect the criteria. The Ministry of Justice examines parole before March 1st Independence Movement Day, Buddha’s Birthday, Liberation Day, Correctional Service Day, and Christmas. The Parole Review Board decides parole eligibility under the Act on the Execution of Sentences and the Treatment of Inmates. The 24th has been designated as the day that qualified inmates will be released, as part of the special amnesty that will take place prior to this Christmas. Nevertheless, given the gravity of the offense of driving under the influence and then leaving the scene of an accident, Kim Ho-joong’s likelihood of being granted parole is anticipated to be slim. Kim Ho-joong was taken into custody and charged with the crime of driving under the influence of alcohol, which took place on a road in Apgujeong-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, in May of the previous year. He had crossed the center line, collided with a taxi, and then left the scene of the accident (a crime that is prohibited by the Act on the Aggravated Punishment, etc. of Specific Crimes). It is also said that he was the person who urged Mr. Jang, who was his manager, to make a false confession at the time of the occurrence. The DUI allegation was something that he initially refused to acknowledge, but ten days following the collision, he confessed to it. Initially, the police charged the individual with driving under the influence and then sent the matter to prosecutors to review. Nonetheless, Kim Ho-joong showed up at the police station seventeen hours following the accident, which made it impossible to analyze his blood alcohol content.