Newsletter
2020
Judicial Reform Through Diverse Perspectives: An Interview with Professor Chen I-Chien
Professor Chen I-Chien, a former JRF standing executive committee member and current supervisor, reflects on gender…
2020
A Summer That Stripped Away My Sense of Superiority: Behind JRF's Interactive Instagram Game on Lay Participation in Trials
During JRF's campaign for a dual-track system of lay assessors and juries, the Advocacy Department created the…
2020
Crossing the Unknown, Drawing Closer to Wrongful Convictions: The School-Developed Required Course "The Distance Between Evidence and Truth"
I had known about wrongful convictions since I was young, but influenced by older family members, I used to think that…
2020
The Courage to Confront Controversy: A Hands-On Wrongful Conviction Course in the Biology Classroom
Last summer, the Judicial Reform Foundation (JRF) worked with Lai Hsueh-Hui, a biology teacher at Banqiao Senior High…
2020
The Endless Road to Reintegration ❹: Hsiao-Cheng's Story
Hsiao-Cheng's subsequent hit-and-run conviction while on parole turned out to be wrongful, and after two years of legal…
2020
The Endless Road to Reintegration ❶: Hsiao-Ma's Story
Most people in prison live with at least some hope of parole. Hsiao-Ma, however, has come to feel that he has less hope…
2020
The Endless Road to Reintegration ❻: Hsiao-Sun's Story
Hsiao-Sun was not serving a life sentence either. His subsequent conviction arose from an argument with a doctor while…
2020
The Endless Road to Reintegration ❺: Hsiao-Tsai's Story
Hsiao-Tsai was not serving a life sentence for his earlier offenses and originally fell outside the scope of JRF's…
2020
The Endless Road to Rehabilitation ❷ Hsiao-Yeh's Story
In 1994, following two traffic accidents, Hsiao-Yeh was prosecuted under the Chiang-Kai-shek-era Act for the Punishment…
