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Cho Joo-bin (Nth Room ringleader) — 42y final sentence
Cho Joo-bin·Ordinary citizen·Seoul Central District Court / Supreme Court · 2021
Harm
74+ identified victims, including minors
Sentence
42y
Court
Seoul Central District Court / Supreme Court
Guideline
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Case summary
Cho Joo-bin, ringleader of the 'Nth Room' sexual-blackmail Telegram chatrooms, was sentenced to 40 years in 2020 (later modified to 42 years on combined counts). The case was a national reckoning on digital sexual violence. The Supreme Court affirmed the unprecedented sentence in 2021.
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Above guideline
Supreme Court affirmed
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