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Woman Bit Off the Tongue of Attempted Rapist and Was Deemed a Criminal Ever Since. Now, She Finally Has Justice

"For the victims who shared the same fate as mine, I wanted to be a source of hope for them," Choi Mal-ja, 79, said on Wednesday, Sept. 10 YONHAP/AFP via Getty A South Korean woman who was convicted ...
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South Korea overturns the 60-year-old conviction of elderly woman who was jailed for biting an alleged attacker’s tongue

Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — A South Korean court has overturned the 60-year-old conviction of an elderly woman who was jailed as a teenager for biting the tongue of an alleged sexual assaulter, ending ...
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Woman Is Absolved Decades After Biting Attacker’s Tongue During Attempted Rape

Choi Mal-ja, who was convicted of inflicting bodily harm, said she fought for a retrial so other South Korean women would not suffer as she did. By Choe Sang-Hun Reporting from Seoul In 1965, a South ...
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Woman who bit off attacker's tongue acquitted after 61 years

A South Korean woman has been acquitted after a court revisited her decades-old conviction for biting off the tongue of a man during an alleged sexual attack. Choi Mal-ja was 18 when she was convicted ...