Taiwanese human rights groups have been critical of the Tsai administration after it executed Weng Jen-hsien, 53, by firing squad on April 1st. This would be the second execution that has taken place under the Tsai administration to date. 39 individuals are currently on death row in Taiwan...
Premier Su Tseng-chang approving the death penalty for cases of drunk driving represents all too typical behavior from Taiwanese politicians regarding attempts to deter crime through legal punishment. Namely, it is often thought by many members of the public in Taiwan that increasing penalties-is the best means of preventing violent crime. This is inclusive of drunk driving...
The case of Hsieh Chih-hung proves another case in Taiwan of a death row prisoner who has served decades on death row on the basis of inconclusive evidence...
Make no mistake: The execution of a 39-year-old man in Kaohsiung last Friday is a political killing. In all probability, the Tsai administration went ahead with the execution as a way to score political points for the DPP in the lead-up to 2018 local elections and in order to counter criticisms that it has been lax on violent crime...
Recent calls for the death penalty to be applied to two murderers illustrate it continues to be hard to overturn social attitudes which see capital punishment as just retribution for violent crimes in Taiwan...
The release of former death row inmate Cheng Hsing-Tse should be celebrated as a victory for the legal advocates and activists that have fought for his release for decades. However, what the case continues to raise is how dystopian the Taiwanese legal system can be at times, seeing as Cheng served ten years on death row and was imprisoned for a total of 14 years on inconclusive evidence...
