Commentary

1235 articles
29Sep.
2015

Who is Shielding the "Rogue Judge"? The Ineffective Internal Controls of the Judge Elimination Mechanism

Lo Ch'eng-tsung / Assistant Professor, Graduate Institute of Financial and Economic Law, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology; Executive Committee Member, Judicial Reform Foundation

On September 24, the Judicial Yuan issued a press release stating that the Judges Evaluation Commission recommended the…

24Sep.
2015

How to Investigate Evidence for Exonerating Wrongful Convictions? The Wrongful Conviction Exoneration Handbook: Investigating Evidence

JRF Appeals Center

No matter how one pleads their innocence, the inability to make others believe them is the shared sorrow of the…

24Sep.
2015

How to Organize Case Files, Evidence, and Facts in Wrongful Convictions? Organizing Cases from the Wrongful Conviction Relief Manual

JRF Complaint Center

To overturn a wrongful conviction, one must first master the facts and information of the case in order to identify the…

23Sep.
2015

Survival Guide for Wrongful Imprisonment: The Imprisonment Chapter from the 'Wrongful Conviction Exoneration Manual'

JRF Complaint Center

Judicial errors inevitably result in wrongful convictions. Therefore, exonerating the wrongfully convicted has always…

21Sep.
2015

Must Chen Hsing-tzu Be the Killer Because He Is Not Stupid?

Hsu Yu-hsiu / Former Grand Justice

How did Chen Hsing-tzu shoot and kill a police officer? It is left entirely to imagination! The crime scene inspection…

20Sep.
2015

Between Judicial Independence and Accountability in the Hsu Tzu-chiang Case

Kao Jung-chih / Executive Director, Judicial Reform Foundation

"The original judgment is vacated. Hsu Tzu-chiang is not guilty." As presiding judge Hsieh Ching-heng finished speaking…

15Sep.
2015

Should the Police Chase Vehicles?

Kao Jung-chih / Executive Director, Judicial Reform Foundation

The police pursued two unlicensed teenage girls who ran a red light, resulting in one death and one injury. The loss of…

07Sep.
2015

Hsu Tzu-chiang and Cheng Hsing-tse

Ch'ien Chien-jung / Judge, Taoyuan District Court

Looking at the final judgment in the Cheng Hsing-tse case, the court did not even dare to explicitly state that the…

07Sep.
2015

Hsu Tzu-chiang is a Philosopher

Kao Jung-chih / Executive Director, Judicial Reform Foundation

Psychologists say that facing devastating disasters brings extreme trauma. The emotional force of trauma is too…