In a rare case, there have been calls on President Lai Ching-te to pardon an eighty-year-old woman who killed her paralyzed son. This occurred apparently due to the burden of care, the woman having cared for him for over 50 years...
Recent public reactions following the stabbing death of two police officers by an escaped jail inmate, surnamed Lin, illustrate the long path to be walked for abolishing capital punishment in Taiwan. The murders took place in late August...
