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06Oct.
2014

Whose Experience? Whose Logic?

Lin Chin-yu / Intern Attorney

Today, I read an op-ed by Attorney Lai Fang-yü in Apple Daily sharing a case regarding aiding and abetting fraud.…

06Oct.
2014

Elite Legal Professionals Urged to Take the Two Covenants Seriously

Huang Sung-li, Kao Yung-cheng, Miao Poya (Current and Former Conveners of the Two Covenants Enforcement Supervisory Network, and Legal Affairs Director of the Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty)

Some commentators recently argued that Taiwan has not accepted the Two Covenants without reservation, that the content…

04Oct.
2014

2014 Fundraising Banquet: Justice is the Wings of Democracy; Without Fair Justice, Democracy Cannot Fly

Judicial Reform Foundation

On Saturday noon, November 15, we cordially invite you to attend the Judicial Reform Foundation's 2014 Fundraising…

01Oct.
2014

Law Is More Than Statutory Provisions

Kao Jung-chih / Attorney and Executive Director, Judicial Reform Foundation

The contents of the two Covenants are extensive, and having them all introduced into our country at once inevitably…

25Sep.
2014

Keelung District Court Holds First Retrial to Vindicate Septuagenarian Woman--Press Conference on the First Retrial Hearing of Mei Fu-an's Case

Judicial Reform Foundation

The Foundation believes that Ms. Mei Fu-an was convicted of embezzlement simply because, after being driven out of her…

25Sep.
2014

The Psychological States of Death Row Inmates and Judges

Kao Jung-chih / Attorney-at-Law, Executive Director of the Judicial Reform Foundation

After all, Taiwan is still a country with the death penalty. Regardless of what laws judges use to sentence someone to…

22Sep.
2014

Filing Grievances Against Judges and Prosecutors, Wrongful Conviction Rescue Series: Judicial Bullying of the Vulnerable and Reform Need Your Support

Judicial Reform Foundation

Over the three years since its establishment, JRF's Complaint Center has filed a total of 32 evaluation cases,…

17Sep.
2014

"Abandoned" to Justice: Court Observation Notes on the Ts'eng Wen-ch'in Case

Huang Wei-t'ing / Executive Secretary, Judicial Reform Foundation

On September 5 of this year, the high-profile "throat-slitting case" held its second-instance oral argument at the…

12Sep.
2014

What Play is the Judge in the Hsieh Yi-han Case Performing?

P'ing Lu / Writer

On September 5, the high-profile Bali double murder case defendant Hsieh Yi-han received her verdict in the second…