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attorney as members.

Sentences are not final until approved by the Chairman of the

SCNR. The law gives the Chairman (General Pak Chung Hee) full power to
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approve or disapprove in whole or in part the findings or sentence.

The Chairman may exercise these powers of commutation and pardon in

behalf of those who in the past had performed meritorious service for

the country, whose crimes were not very serious, or who have "deeply

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repented for their crimes".

The enforcement arm of the Revolutionary Courts is the Revolu-
tionary Prosecution Division. The chief of this division is Colonel

Pak Chang Am, an efficient infantry combat leader, lacking in legal

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training. He has administrative supervision of the prosecutors and

provides periodic progress reports to the SCNR which makes the impor-
tant policy decisions. His main concern is 4 drive for speed in the

investigation and disposition of the cases to be tried by the Revo lu-
tionary Courts. The second in command, Army Judge Advocate Colonel An
Kyung Yul, has responsibility for supervising the trial tactics of the

prosecutors and the investigation of cases under the jurisdiction of

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Law 630, Art. 4. The composition of these appellate panels, as

required by the law, is more general than that stated in the text.
Article 4 merely requires that the presidirtg judge be selected
"from among the officers on active duty of the National Armed
Forces", without specifying his rank or branch. Nor does the

law specify the rank of the legal officer or that of the Jiidge
Advocate officers eligible for membership. Thus, the ranks

iisted in the text have been the ranks held by the officers
actually appointed.

‘tae 690, Art. 9. Il.

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Ibid.

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Law 630, Art. 5; paragraph 3.

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