West Des Moines woman, former Simpson College pleads guilty in husband's 2020 killing
Gowun Park accepted an Alford plea to lesser charges and was sentenced Thursday.
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Gowun Park accepted an Alford plea to lesser charges and was sentenced Thursday.
Court documents show Gowun Park has a plea hearing set for April 25. They do not say what charges she will plead to.
Justices grappled with the issue of whether Simpson College professor Gowun Park was falsely promised leniency if she admitted to the killing
Gowun Park is charged with first-degree murder in the Feb. 15, 2020, death of husband Sung Woo Nam in their West Des Moines condo
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