Commentary

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06Jun.
2016

Can "Day Release" Truly and Effectively Solve Overcrowding, Relieve Staff Pressure, and Achieve Correctional Goals?

Interview / Lin Wen-wei (Prison Guard), Kao Jung-chih (JRF Executive Director)

What kind of imaginations do we hold for the familiar yet unfamiliar term "prison"? Is it a place of prisoner abuse in…

05Jun.
2016

【Legal Life】Ch 1: What to Do in a Car Accident?

Author: Tsai Meng-han (Law Mobilization); Editor: Attorney Wang Long-kuan

What constitutes a hit-and-run? What should you do when involved in a traffic accident? "Ugh..." Chieh-yun gritted her…

03Jun.
2016

The Taste of Being Wronged ~ Reflections on Participating in the "Kaohsiung Harbor Police Officer Ch'en Case"

Anna / JRF Volunteer

Speaking of the taste of being wronged, I only vaguely remember when I was little and my cooperative card inexplicably…

03Jun.
2016

Giving Up Everything Just to Meet You—A Profile of Intern Anna

Lin Wei-ting / Executive Secretary, Taiwan Association for Human Rights / (Wait, translated as: Lin Wei-ting / Executive Secretary, Judicial Reform Foundation)

When Anna first came to the JRF, she was a junior at National Chengchi University. At the time, Anna was taking a…

25May.
2016

Unlocking the Intractable Knot Between the Judiciary and the People

Huang Ying-chia / Attorney, Judicial Reform Foundation

Two recent, highly controversial judicial rulings are the Supreme Court's final verdict sentencing a defendant to life…

24May.
2016

Do Not Say the Public Has No Vision for the Judiciary

Huang Wei-t'ing / Director, Taichung Office, Judicial Reform Foundation

On May 20, the day of President Tsai Ing-wen's inauguration, the "Cycling Around the Island: Delivering Local Judicial…

21May.
2016

Decoding Tsai Ing-wen's Judicial Reform Speech

Kao Jung-chih / Executive Director, Judicial Reform Foundation

When President Tsai Ing-wen mentioned judicial reform in her inaugural address, the audience responded with wave after…

18May.
2016

The Unfinished Road: The Case of Police Officer Chen at the Port of Kaohsiung

Anna / JRF Volunteer

You are an ordinary port police officer working at the Kaohsiung Port Police Station. Today, you put on your uniform,…

13May.
2016

An Ordinary Life, a Vindicated Injustice: How Difficult Is It? An Interview and Documentary on the Wrongful Conviction of Offense of Undue Enrichment

Lin Yi-ju, National Chengchi University

Mr. Liu Hsiang-heng was born in Taichung, a place where seasons are spring-like year-round, and where his parents…