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05Apr.
2002

The Future of Children

Wang Shih-ssu / Executive Director of JRF

April 4th, Children's Day, seems like a joyous and hopeful holiday, but the reality is quite the opposite. The problem…

29Mar.
2002

A Judicial Tragedy

Wang Shih-szu / Executive Director, Judicial Reform Foundation

Nearly two years ago, in this same column, I wrote the true story of a young man named Hsu Tzu-chiang who turned…

27Mar.
2002

The Abyss of Justice: Reflections on the Supreme Court's Dismissal of the Extraordinary Appeal in the Hsu Tzu-chiang Death Penalty Case

Ch'en Chien-hung / Pro Bono Defense Counsel for Hsu Tzu-chiang

Amidst the bustling political news and colorful social reports, the March 22, 2002 edition of the United Daily News…

24Mar.
2002

Is Judicial Authority More Important, or Human Life?

Yu Po-hsiang / Executive Committee Member of the Taiwan Association for Human Rights, Attorney- wait, correction: You Po-hsiang / Executive Committee Member of JRF, Attorney- wait: Yu Po-hsiang / Executive Committee Member of JRF, Attorney-at-Law

In the death penalty case of Hsu Tzu-chiang—which previously prompted the Prosecutor-General to file an extraordinary…

23Mar.
2002

Do Not Let Sloppy Justice Take Innocent Lives! Statement on the Dismissal of the Extraordinary Appeal in the Hsu Tzu-chiang Case

Judicial Reform Foundation

Following the final conviction and death sentence of Hsu Tzu-chiang in the third instance on April 28, 2000, defense…

22Mar.
2002

On Political Culture

Wang Shih-szu / Executive Director, Judicial Reform Foundation

Another minister has fallen. After enduring over a month of political crossfire in the Legislative Yuan, Minister Tsung…

15Mar.
2002

Professionalism and Quality

Wang Shih-szu / Executive Director, JRF

Recently, the Judicial Yuan, Examination Yuan, and legal scholars debated whether the threshold for the judicial…

08Mar.
2002

The Judicial Privileges of Legislators

Wang Shih-szu / Executive Director, Judicial Reform Foundation

The Legislative Yuan session has begun, but instead of bill deliberations, we see administrative bureaucrats being…

15Feb.
2002

"First Encounter with the Police Power Exercise Act!" Special Feature ~ The Key to Success or Failure?! The Urgent Need to Elevate Police Quality

Ma Tsai-ch'in / Attorney-at-Law

For a long time, police authorities have heavily enforced administrative dispositions such as "spot checks,"…