Ex-Presidents Won’t Appeal Convictions

Former presidents Roh Tae Woo and Chun Doo Hwan will not make a final appeal to the Supreme Court against their convictions for mutiny, treason and bribery, Roh’s lawyer said. “We won’t appeal. President Roh doesn’t want to cause any more worries to the public over this incident,” Han Young Suk said. He added that Chun also will not appeal further. Han said the only reason Roh made an initial appeal was because Chun was determined to challenge his death sentence, which was commuted to life in prison by an appeals court last week. The appeals court cut Roh’s prison sentence to 17 years from 22 1/2 years.