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2020
The Duty of Those in Power is to Improve Systems, Not Intervene in Individual Judicial Cases: Response to the Chiayi District Court's 2008st Criminal Case No. 6 Verdict on the Train Police-Stabbing Incident
On April 30, the Chiayi District Court delivered a verdict in case 108-Chung-Su-6, acquitting the defendant Cheng…
2020
Joint Statement by Civil Society and the Judicial Yuan on Past Consultations Regarding the Draft Act on National Participation in Criminal Trials
From December 2018 to May 2019, the Judicial Yuan took the initiative to invite the Judicial Reform Foundation and the…
2020
Public Support for Concurrent Pilot Implementation of Lay Participation and Juries—Expanded Petition and Call-to-Action Press Conference
The "Alliance for the Concurrent Pilot Implementation of Jury and Lay Participation Systems" was initiated by civil…
2020
Hsu Yu-hsiu's Special Article: The Only Solution Consistent with Justice—Simultaneous Trial of Lay Participation and Jury Systems
Last Thursday (April 23, 2020), I was invited to attend a public hearing convened by legislator Li Kuei-min, the…
2020
The Government's Lenient Treatment of the Zhonghe Police Head-Kicking Incident Encourages State Violence to Become the Norm
More than 20 days have passed since the violent head-kicking incident involving officers from the Zhonghe Precinct…
2020
The Road Beneath Our Feet, Where Does It Lead? Commemorating the 10th Anniversary of the Revocation of Attorneys T'ang Chi-t'ien's and Liu Wei's Licenses
2020 marks the tenth year since attorneys T'ang Chi-t'ien and Liu Wei had their attorney licenses revoked. While many…
2020
It Is Time to Implement "Absentee Voting" for Prisoners
In addition to altering people's daily habits, this wave of the COVID-19 pandemic should prompt a democratic nation…
2020
Is 6 years enough to deliver justice to participants in a social movement?
The clock has passed midnight, and it is now April 28th—the day of the second-instance sentencing for the March 23…
2020
The Judicial Yuan's Ten Reasons for Rejecting the Jury System Are All Wrong!
In order to pass the draft Organic Act on the Participation of Citizens in Criminal Trials submitted to the Legislative…
