However, after Kim Byung-ro's retirement in 1957, the Supreme Court fell to autocratic influence. By giving the death sentence to Park's political contender Cho Bong-am in 1959 and also by sentencing death on the defendants of People's Revolutionary Party Incident in 1975 under Park Chung Hee's era, the Supreme Court gained notorious reputation for judicial murder () as obediently sentencing capital punishments over spy scandals fabricated by dictators.
However, after Kim Byung-ro's retirement in 1957, the Supreme Court fell under autocratic control. In 1959 and 1975, by imposing death sentences on Park's political opponent Cho Bong-am and defendants of the People's Revolutionary Party Incident respectively during Park Chung Hee's rule, the Supreme Court gained a notorious reputation for judicial murder as it obediently handed down capital punishments in fabricated spy scandals.