{
  "id": 16021322,
  "title": "Constitutional Court says heavier penalty for parricide constitutional",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/constitutional-court-says-heavier-penalty-for-parricide-constitutional-16021322",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-22T08:57:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/law-crime/20261022/constitutional-court-says-heavier-penalty-for-parricide-constitutional"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Constitutional Court on Thursday ruled constitutional a provision of the Criminal Act that imposes harsher penalties for those who murder their own family members than those convicted of ordinary murder. The court voted 8-1 on a petition filed by an individual who argued that Article 250, Paragraph 2 of the Criminal Act, which defines the crime of murdering a lineal ascendant, violates the…",
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        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Constitutional Court says heavier penalty for parricide constitutional",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/constitutional-court-says-heavier-penalty-for-parricide-constitutional",
        "published": "2026-10-22T08:27:02.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}