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05Dec.
2012

Throat-Slitting Child Murder Case and the Debate on Death Penalty Sentencing

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

When compared to how a perpetrator takes a human life in a manner that is often so "inexplicable, hasty, and…

05Dec.
2012

Oral Arguments at the Supreme Court Should Merely Be the Starting Point

Chin Meng-hua / Ph.D. Student, Duke University School of Law

The significance of court sessions held by the Supreme Court far transcends the justice of individual cases. The…

03Dec.
2012

Supreme Court Holds Preparatory Hearing for Oral Argument on Death Penalty Sentencing: Minor Flaws Do Not Overshadow the Merits

Judicial Reform Foundation

Regarding the Supreme Court's preparatory hearing for oral argument on the death penalty sentencing in the Wu…

21Nov.
2012

Court Hearing for the Chiang Kuo-ching Case Compensation Claim: Ministry of National Defense, Please Step It Up! ~ Post-Court-Observation Statement by the Citizens' Court Observation Group on the Ministry of National Defense's Claim for Compensation Against Ch'en Chao-min and Others

Judicial Reform Foundation

Regarding today's (the 21st) civil court hearing on the Ministry of National Defense's claim for compensation for the…

16Nov.
2012

A Question for the Judicial Yuan: Should 'Do-Nothing' Legal Aid Board Members Be Re-Appointed? ~ Demanding a Complete Re-Election of the Directors of the Legal Aid Foundation

Alliance to Safeguard Legal Aid

The state established the Legal Aid Foundation (hereinafter referred to as the Legal Aid Foundation) with the purpose…

30Oct.
2012

"Forgive Taiwan's Judiciary" - Reporting on the Wrongful Conviction of Former Eighth River Management Office Director Lai Ting-fu (Part 1)

Liu Wen-hsuan (Senior student, Department of Law, National Taiwan University)

Judicial Reform Magazine, Issue 92, 2012/10/31, pp. 70-71.

30Oct.
2012

Supreme Court Judges Should Not Be Richard Moore: Report on Former Eighth River Basin Management Office Director Lai Ting-fu (Part 2)

Hsiao I-min, Executive Secretary of the Judicial Reform Foundation

Judicial Reform Magazine, Issue 92, 2012/10/31, pp. 72-73.

18Oct.
2012

Press Conference on "Submitting 12,506 Petition Signatures for the Chiang Kuo-Ch'ing Case to the Taiwan High Prosecutors Office, Demanding Accountability!" ~ "Indict Ch'en Chao-min, Seek Compensation for Wrongful Execution!" Campaign Series (Part 6)

Judicial Reform Foundation

Today, we delivered the petition signed by 12,506 individuals to the Taiwan High Prosecutors Office. Like these 12,506…

10Oct.
2012

Double Ten Commemoration for Chiang Kuo-ch'ing: 10 Minutes and 10 Seconds of Silence to Mark Chiang Kuo-ch'ing's 37th Birthday

Judicial Reform Foundation

37 years ago today, Chiang Kuo-ch'ing was born. On the National Day in 1965, the celebration was grand and the…