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03Dec.
2002

Public Safety Has Nothing to Do with Hoods Worn by Suspects

Chan Shun-kuei / Standing Executive Committee Member of the JRF, Attorney-at-Law

Recently, following a succession of major criminal cases involving the robbery, hostage-taking, and fatal shooting of…

13Nov.
2002

If the Officials Won't Do It, the People Will! 2002 Judges Evaluation Taipei Press Conference

Judicial Reform Foundation, Taipei Bar Association

This is the fifth year since the Judicial Reform Foundation (JRF) first published the results of its judge evaluations…

11Nov.
2002

A Judiciary That "Refuses" to Admit Fault

Judicial Reform Foundation

Although judges in Taiwan are not popularly elected, they wield the ultimate power of life and death over criminal…

09Nov.
2002

Public Oversight is the True Remedy for Evaluating Prosecutors

Tsai Chia-wen / Executive Secretary, Judicial Reform Foundation

In light of recurring major disciplinary cases involving prosecutors across various regions, Minister of Justice Ch'en…

04Nov.
2002

The Debauched "Prosecutorial" Career of Wine and Women

Lin Ch'ien-i / Working Committee Member and Attorney, Judicial Reform Foundation

The fatal shooting at Taichung's Chin-Pao-Pao KTV unexpectedly dragged out a scandal involving prosecutors and police…

17Oct.
2002

How Can the Sluggish Judicial Reform Train Bear the Public's Earnest Expectations?! Three-Year General Checkup Report on the National Judicial Reform Conference and Judicial Public Opinion Survey Results

Judicial Reform Foundation

Three years have passed since the National Judicial Reform Conference was held in 1999. This unprecedented event in…

11Oct.
2002

After 'Misidentification' and 'Admitting a Mistake'—On the Establishment and Implementation of the 'Identification System'

Lo Ping-cheng / Standing Executive Committee Member of the Judicial Reform Foundation, Attorney-at-Law

'Suggestion is closely linked to misidentification, because converting misleading things into false memories inevitably…

10Oct.
2002

Court Services and the Legal Aid System

Wu Chih-kuang / Professor, Executive Committee Member of the Judicial Reform Foundation

The Judicial Reform Foundation recently released a court observation report, noting that staff in several district…

03Oct.
2002

Legislators Must Conduct Themselves with Dignity, Self-Love, and Self-Reflection

Lin Ching-p'ing / Executive Director and Attorney, Judicial Reform Foundation

Recently, the Taiwan Association for Human Rights (Cheng-she) released its second congressional monitoring report,…