SEOUL, July 30 (UPI) -- When South Korea's Supreme Court acquitted Samsung Electronics Executive Chairman Jay Y. Lee on July 17, it closed a legal saga nearly a decade in the making. But the decision may mark more than the end of a courtroom drama. It could signal a shift in how the country reconciles its democratic institutions with its corporate giants. The case's origins trace back to late 2016, when a sprawling, influence-peddling scandal involving then-President Park Geun -hye and her