2002년 2월 대법원은 친부모가 아들에게 야구방망이로 때릴 듯한 태도를 취하며 “죽여버린다”고 말한 사건과 관련해 징계가 ‘필요한 범위’ 안에서 이뤄지지 않았다고 판단했다.
In February 2002, the Supreme Court ruled that the punishment had not been achieved within the 'necessary range' in relation to the case in which a biological parent said that they would "kill" his son by acting like hitting with a baseball bat.