The ongoing first-instance trials of the main instigators and accomplices of a rebellion in South Korea have yielded inconsistent rulings across various judicial panels. Chief Judge Ji Gwi-yeon, presiding over the trial of former President Yoon Suk-yeol at the Seoul Central District Court, notably accepted a substantial portion of Yoon's defenses in his verdict. On November 19, the panel sentenced Yoon to life imprisonment, citing that he seemed to have made efforts to minimize the use of physical force and that many of the plans associated with the rebellion had ultimately failed. The court acknowledged that despite Yoon's authority as a commander of the military and police, the number of forces he mobilized was relatively small, influencing the court's decision to employ mitigating circumstances in their sentencing.