양승태 전 대법원장 구속... '모르쇠 전략' 실패한 듯<br /><br />Staying with the disgraced chief justice.<br />Now that he is in prison, eyes are on how the prosecutors made its case before the judge to get that arrest warrant issued.<br />Choi Si-young zooms in on how the court made its decision. <br />In a session that lasted almost six hours, the prosecution, Yang and his lawyers... made their cases for and against arrest.<br />Yang said an arrest isn't justified,... but this round went to the prosecutors.<br />The court generally reviews four points before issuing a warrant. <br />First the allegations brought against the accused have to be clear,... meaning that evidence links him or her to a crime.<br />They also have to be serious... or undermine the rule of law -- as prosecutors put it, "the very foundations of law."<br />And the court should be able to see a risk that the accused might destroy evidence or flee.<br />The judge said Yang satisfied all counts except the last one. <br />Yang's defense seemed to have backfired.<br />He consistently called evidence against him "false or manipulated" and blamed either his subordinates or lapses of memory.<br />According to some experts familiar with the case, those denials and deflections of blame might have aroused suspicions in the judge that Yang could destroy evidence.<br />Of course, Yang's guilt, or lack thereof, will be determined at trial.<br />But this first test seems to indicate that the judge favors the arguments of the prosecution, so it might be a struggle for Yang and his team.<br />Choi Si-young, Arirang News. <br />
