Daegu Attorney | Daegu Criminal Attorney, Client Who Visited a Prostitution Establishment 13 Times Concluded With Suspension of Indictment

The client was booked by the police on charges of having engaged in quasi-sexual acts while visiting a prostitution establishment 13 times over the course of about two years.

He explained that during that time, amid excessive stress and physical and mental suffering, he had tried to find brief psychological stability through a break from routine.

However, this was a criminal act that could be subject to strict punishment.

The client explained that from his early twenties he had become the head of the household to support his family and had worked for about ten years without ever taking a break, but that he recently received a diagnosis of liver cancer and felt a deep sense of emptiness about his life.

He also found it difficult to tell his family about his health problems, which left him even more psychologically isolated.

In this way, the client was under severe mental strain due to ongoing health problems, and as a result he came to wish for a temporary escape.

The client sought out a prostitution establishment and, on a total of 13 occasions, entered the premises, paid money, and engaged in acts similar to sexual intercourse.

The criminal conduct was discovered through a police crackdown, and the client admitted the charges related to prostitution.

Repeatedly entering a prostitution establishment constitutes criminal conduct for which he may be punished by law, and the police conducted their investigation on this basis.

🔗Prostitution offenses are regarded not as mere lapses but as conduct prohibited by law, so from the early stages of the investigation it can be helpful to consult a Daegu attorney and obtain assistance.

When a person engages in prostitution as the client did, the legal disposition that may be imposed is based primarily on the Act on Punishment of Arrangement of Commercial Sex Acts.

Prostitution means, in relation to an unspecified person, receiving or promising to receive money, valuables, or other property gains and engaging in sexual intercourse, in acts similar to sexual intercourse using part of the body such as the mouth or anus or using an instrument, or being the counterpart to such acts.

In addition, a person who engages in prostitution may be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or by a fine, minor fine, or petty fine of not more than 3 million won.

The client explained that he had recently received a diagnosis of liver cancer and felt a sense of emptiness and despair about his life.

The psychological and physical suffering he had endured during this time formed the background of his lapse in conduct, and the client was continuing to receive psychological counseling in an effort to overcome it and recover.

In this situation, the attorney actively emphasized the client's health problems and explained his mental difficulties and physical suffering to the investigative authorities in requesting leniency.

The client had no prior record whatsoever relating to sexual offenses, and he had ordinarily lived diligently for the sake of his family.

In addition, because he had never caused any legal trouble, this case was the first unfortunate incident in his life.

The Daegu attorney emphasized the client's clean criminal record and worked to ensure that this case would be viewed as a short-term mistake and that a punishment commensurate with it would be imposed.

After the incident, the client voluntarily completed a sexual offense prevention education program, through which he reflected on the wrong he had committed and gained a lesson from it.

This sincere remorse and the efforts that followed served as an important factor demonstrating his determination to prevent reoffending, and they became an important basis for mitigating his legal punishment.