Juvenile Justice

JUVENILE JUSTICE is a Korean legal drama featuring a tough juvenile court judge. Shim Eun-seok (Kim Hye-soo) is a judge with an aversion to underage offenders, despite the fact that she's been appointed to the Juvenile Criminal Collegiate Division in the Yeonwa District. As she works alongside the more compassionate associate judge Cha Tae-joon (Kim Mu-yeol), and elite judge Kang Won-joong (Lee Sung-min), who has potential political aspirations, she must find a way to negotiate her biases while fairly adjudicating the difficult cases that come before her in accordance with the law. Shim must also cope with the additional responsibility of monitoring young offenders once they are released from detention, which is also part of her job. It's not an easy balance, and Shim often finds herself approaching each case in her own way in order to hand down the appropriate punishments.