South Korean Woman Acquitted Decades After Self-Defense Conviction
South Korean Woman Acquitted Decades After Self-Defense Conviction A South Korean court has issued a landmark acquittal for Choi Mal-ja, 79, overturning a decades-old conviction for grievous bodily harm. Ms. Choi was originally sentenced to 10 months in jail at the age of 18 after biting off a portion of a man’s tongue during an alleged sexual assault in 1964. The ruling comes after a years-long campaign to clear her name, culminating in a retrial that began in July in…