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10Apr.
2013

Joint Statement Regarding the Criminal Compensation Ruling in the Su Case

Judicial Reform Foundation

Regarding today's (10th) High Court Ruling 101-Xing-Pu-Zi No. 36 concerning the petition for criminal compensation…

02Apr.
2013

JRF Statement on the Acquittal of Hsü Jung-chou in the Second Instance

Judicial Reform Foundation

Regarding today's (April 2) ruling by the Taiwan High Court in the 101st-year Chu-Shang-Tzu No. 1 murder case against…

02Apr.
2013

What Does the Indictment-Only System Improve?

Wu Hsun-lung / Prosecutor in Penghu, Initiator of the 64 Prosecutors Movement

Recently, media reported that the Criminal Procedure Law Amendment Committee of the Judicial Yuan approved the adoption…

22Mar.
2013

Taiwanese Society's Expectations for the Chairman of LAF

Alliance for Safeguarding Legal Aid

Since its conception in 1998, the Legal Aid Foundation (LAF) has shouldered infinite expectations and entrustments from…

22Mar.
2013

The Voice of the Suffering: Death Penalty Wrongful Convictions Inflict Suffering on More People

Judicial Reform Foundation, Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty, Taiwan Association for Innocence, Taiwan Association for Human Rights, Association for Humanistic Education

The report claimed that "the Cheng family frequently knocked on doors, reaching out to Su's wife through legislators,…

13Mar.
2013

Judge Rebukes Ministry of National Defense for Delaying Tactics, Four Hearings Yield No Progress—Post-Court Observation Statement on the Ministry of National Defense's Civil Suit for Compensation against Ch'en Chao-min and Others in the Chiang Kuo-ch'ing Case

Judicial Reform Foundation

Regarding today's (13th) civil court hearing on the Ministry of National Defense seeking compensation from Ch'en…

13Mar.
2013

"Devoid of Right and Wrong, Walk Out in Protest" ~ Press Release by Walkout Members of the Judicial Yuan's Personnel Review Committee

Walkout Members of the Judicial Yuan's Personnel Review Committee

This highly controversial personnel proposal faced severe questioning and objections from nearly half of the members of…

28Feb.
2013

Allowing Indigenous Discourses on Wrongful Convictions to Take Root—Mission Statement and Introduction of the Taiwan Innocence Project

Ch'en Yu-ning / Member of the Taiwan Association for Innocence, Attorney-at-Law

The Taiwan Association for Innocence (hereinafter referred to as the "Taiwan Innocence Project") was initiated in 2011…

28Feb.
2013

Stand Tall to Fight for the Rights Granted by Law—The "Beihai Case" and the "Defense Counsel Team" Effect

Chang Lei, Beijing Attorney

Through such resistance, the defense counsel teams showed the public that the current judicial system suffers from…