"Judge Geoffrey Venning rejected calls by Lee's lawyers for a lesser penalty, sentencing the 45-year-old to life imprisonment with a minimum non-parole period of 17 years. He said she had killed children who were particularly vulnerable. But he approved compulsory treatment at a secure psychiatric facility, with the condition that Lee would return to prison once deemed mentally fit, according to the New Zealand Herald newspaper."
"Life imprisonment is the harshest punishment available in New Zealand, which abolished the death penalty in 1989. Lee showed little emotion as she sat in court, bowing her head with eyes fixed to the floor as the judge handed down the sentence. You knew your actions were morally wrong perhaps you could not bear to have your children around you as a constant reminder of your previous happy life, Venning said."
"A New Zealand woman who murdered her two children and hid their bodies in suitcases at a storage facility has been sentenced to life in prison. The sentencing of Hakyung Lee on Wednesday came after she was convicted in September for the grisly murders of the two children, aged eight and six, in 2018. The case was dubbed the New Zealand suitcase murders."
Hakyung Lee was convicted in September for the 2018 murders of her two children, aged eight and six. She admitted killing her son Minu Jo and daughter Yuna Jo by lacing their fruit juice with an overdose of prescription medication. The bodies were concealed in suitcases at a storage facility. Lee pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity but admitted the killings. The murders occurred a year after the children's father died of cancer. Judge Geoffrey Venning sentenced Lee to life imprisonment with a minimum non-parole period of 17 years and approved compulsory psychiatric treatment, with a condition of return to prison when deemed mentally fit.
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