All News

2954 articles
18Jan.
2007

Statement by the Judicial Reform Foundation on the Legislative Yuan's Exercise of the Consent Power for the Prosecutor-General

Judicial Reform Foundation

The Legislative Yuan exercised its consent power for the Prosecutor-General today, approving the nomination of…

03Jan.
2007

Handover Ceremony for the New and Former CEOs of the Judicial Reform Foundation

Judicial Reform Foundation

The Judicial Reform Foundation (hereinafter referred to as the JRF) held a handover ceremony for its new and former…

30Dec.
2006

2006 Work Results

Judicial Reform Foundation

2006 Work Results

20Dec.
2006

To Live! To Die? A Confusing and Botched Death Penalty Warrant!

Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty

Chung Te-shu, the first death-row inmate for whom the Minister of Justice signed an execution warrant in 2006, walked…

10Nov.
2006

Two Years of Trial, Only to Conclude "Appeal Filed Past Deadline"?

Kao Jung-chih (Executive Committee Member of JRF, Attorney)

The statutory period for filing a criminal appeal is "ten days," which is legal ABCs in practice. Few attorneys dare to…

03Nov.
2006

Glad to See the Bankruptcy Act Unfrozen

Hsu Li-hsin / Executive Committee Member of the JRF, Attorney-at-Law

We commend the Supreme Court's recent ruling reported in your newspaper, which declared that "bankruptcy declarations…

27Oct.
2006

Suggestions for the Taiwanese People Regarding Judicial Faith

Judicial Reform Foundation

In recent years, prosecutors investigating government officials' corruption scandals have repeatedly caused widespread…

20Oct.
2006

What Abolishing the Death Penalty Is / Is Not

Kao Jung-chih, Attorney and Executive Committee Member, Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty

Recently, some commentators argued that Taiwan's “zero death penalty” since 2006 is a “beautiful accident,”…

18Oct.
2006

Here Comes Another Monster? Statement of JRF on the Draft Act for the Establishment of the Judicial System Reform Review Committee

Judicial Reform Foundation

Today (October 17), the Procedure Committee of the Legislative Yuan passed a motion to submit the "Draft Organic Act…