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25Dec.
2015

An Idealist Ahead of His Time: Remembering Prosecutor Lai Ching-Hsiang

Wang Chin-shou, Department of Political Science, National Cheng Kung University

Lai-tzu, you said, "I am very lonely, and I don't have many friends." You were wrong. Prosecutor Hung Cheng-ho, who…

25Dec.
2015

Distorted Judicial Statistics Destroy Prosecutors' Lives

Ho Ke-Chang, Prosecutor, Pingtung District Prosecutors Office

Reviewing the case-management and evaluation system dating back to the T'ung-Chih era of the Ch'ing dynasty, which has…

25Dec.
2015

Remembering Prosecutor Lai with Love

Kuo Mei-Chun, Attorney-at-Law

I am Kuo Mei-Chun, a small-town lawyer from Yilan. Who I am is not important; what matters is that I am one of the many…

24Dec.
2015

In 2015, We Brought the Courtroom into the Classroom!

Chen Yu-fan / Deputy CEO of the Judicial Reform Foundation

In 2015, we launched our campus tour, visiting 9 counties and cities. Partnering with university departments, high…

18Dec.
2015

A Half-Open Door Letting in No Sunlight: Judicial Reform and Human Rights Organizations' Earnest Expectations of the Supreme Court

Taipei Bar Association, Covenants Watch, Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty, Taiwan Association for Human Rights, Judicial Reform Foundation, Taiwan Innocence Project

The "Taiwan Death Penalty Report" published by civil society organizations in 2010 publicly called on the Supreme Court…

14Dec.
2015

How I Wish the Judges in the Ting Hsin Case Had Taken Bribes

Kao Jung-chih / Executive Director, Judicial Reform Foundation

This would have been a clear and simple exit: doubts about the judiciary would be confirmed, and the Ting Hsin Group's…

10Dec.
2015

Ch'en Chao-min Never Interfered with the Trial! Prosecutor-General Tsai, Do You Really Believe This? ~ Press Conference on the Third Motion for Re-appeal in the Chiang Kuo-ching Case

Judicial Reform Foundation

This marks the Taipei District Prosecutor's Office's third non-prosecution disposition for Ch'en Chao-min and others,…

10Dec.
2015

Statement by the 318 Anti-Black Box Service Trade Agreement Pro Bono Lawyer Platform on the Taipei City Government's Rejection of State Compensation Claims over March 24 State Violence

318 Anti-Black Box Service Trade Agreement Pro Bono Lawyer Platform

Despite the Taipei District Court's final judgment, the Taipei City Police Department recently sent identical letters…

07Dec.
2015

Reflecting on the Structural Dilemma of the Judiciary through the Ting Hsin Case

KAO Jung-chih / Executive Director, Judicial Reform Foundation

Public distrust in the judiciary often drives advocacy for institutional reforms, such as the introduction of a jury…