Commentary

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09Jun.
2021

March 24 Fourth-Anniversary Paint-Splattering Case

Judicial Reform Foundation

The case arose on the fourth anniversary of the March 24 Executive Yuan eviction, when the defendants splashed paint on…

06Jun.
2021

Court Observation | First Evidentiary Hearing on the Retrial Petition in the Chiu Sung-Cheng Case

Huang Kai-Lun (JRF Volunteer)

Chiu Sung-Cheng has consistently maintained that he never held a knife during the melee, much less stabbed Cheng OO,…

01Jun.
2021

Internship Reflection | Keep Advocating, and More People Will Gradually Hear: That Is Where Change Begins

Chen Po-Jen / Department of Law, Soochow University, JRF Intern

An intern reflects on discovering that JRF's work extends well beyond wrongful-conviction cases to legislative…

01Jun.
2021

Internship Reflection | Without a Legal Background, I Still Found Ways to Contribute to Issues I Care About

Student Lin / Waldorf High School, JRF Intern

I had just graduated from high school and was taking a gap year. Although I had no legal background, I was interested…

31May.
2021

Op-Ed | Rethinking Juvenile Correctional Education: From Fragmented Services to an Integrated Approach

Lin Wei-Ting / Project Researcher, Judicial Reform Foundation

Adapted from a 2017 policy forum, this article compares Taiwan's juvenile correctional education with U.S. approaches…

19May.
2021

Who Made the Evidence Lie?

Hsiao I-Min / Assistant to the Su Case Pro Bono Defense Legal Team

Originally published in 2011 and republished in 2021, this op-ed revisits forensic failures exposed by the wrongful…

18May.
2021

MOJ's Hit-and-Run Amendment Turns the Law Back Twenty Years

Lü Cheng-Yen / Attorney and Legislative Researcher, Judicial Reform Foundation

An op-ed criticizes the Ministry of Justice's proposed amendment to Criminal Code Article 185-4 for allowing punishment…

09May.
2021

Job Opening | JRF Taipei Office Hiring: Legal Specialist (Closed)

Judicial Reform Foundation

In this role, you will work directly with contentious issues as they arise, collaborate with partners from different…

06May.
2021

No Such Person | Realizing That "State Violence" Is Not an Abstraction

Tsai Chia-Hsun / Department of Law, Soochow University; JRF Intern

A JRF intern who had been a junior-high student during the 2014 movement reflects on encountering March 24 seven years…