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08Oct.
2024

Review | "Not Guilty" - All Eight Episodes

Ch'en Wei-ch'iao (Attorney, Executive Committee Member of the Judicial Reform Foundation, Rule of Law Education Committee Member of the Taipei Bar Association, Adjunct Lecturer in Legal Studies at the Air Force Institute of Technology)

"Not Guilty" is Taiwan's first Taiwanese-language legal drama. It is based on the harrowing wrongful conviction of the…

19Sep.
2024

Sidelights | What Makes Rebuilding Life After Release So Difficult? A Preliminary Exploration of Taiwan's Aftercare Protection Mechanism

New York State Attorney Pro Bono Intern

Taiwan enacted the Aftercare Act in 2010 with the aim of protecting released prisoners and other eligible persons,…

19Sep.
2024

Sidelights | From Death Row to Acquittal and Exoneration: Reintegrating into Society

Text by Chiang Ping-chou / Department of Political Science, Soochow University; Photography by Cheng Wei-yin / Department of Sociology, National Taiwan University

A Lifelong Practice | The third lecture in the Wrongful Conviction Series was held at the Taiwan Innocent Prisoners'…

19Sep.
2024

Public Financial Disclosure | JRF Donation and Grant Disclosure List for April–June 2024

Judicial Reform Foundation

18Sep.
2024

Review | "Innocence" Episode 4

Att'y Ch'en Wei-ch'iao / Executive Member of the Judicial Reform Foundation, Member of the Rule of Law Education Committee of the Taipei Bar Association, Adjunct Lecturer in Introduction to Law at the Air Force Institute of Technology

The plot of Episode 4 primarily focuses on the retrial proceedings of the sixth remand (The Taiwan High Court's 94th…

11Sep.
2024

Internship Reflection | Why Justice Matters: It Takes Effort to Achieve

Wang Hsin-min / Yilan County Tzu-Hsin Waldorf Education Experimental High School

My thirteen working days as an intern at the Judicial Reform Foundation (JRF) opened my eyes to horizons I had never…

10Sep.
2024

Sidelights | The Screenwriter's Journey for the TV Series *Innocence*: Bringing Wrongful Conviction Issues to the Screen

Hung Tzu-ya / Department of Social Work, Tunghai University & JRF Intern

Can you imagine being forced to stay in prison for 16 consecutive years, with 4 of those years confined to a room…

06Sep.
2024

Sidelights | The Years of Rescuing the Hsu Tzu-chiang Case: A Transformation from Age 26 to 47

Yang T'ing-chen / Department of Law, Providence University, JRF Intern

People wore 'I am Hsu Tzu-chiang +1' T-shirts and walked from Chinan Road to the court. The reason the Hsu Tzu-chiang…

04Sep.
2024

Review | "Innocence" Episode 5

Liao Szu-min / JRF Volunteer

Although I promised the JRF to write a review, I must honestly admit I hadn't watched the first three episodes until…