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Taiwan retains death penalty but limits use to 'exceptional' cases
A Taiwan court decided on Friday to retain capital punishment, but ruled its application should be "limited to special and ...
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Taiwan’s top court upholds constitutionality of capital punishment but limits its use
Taiwan's Constitutional Court issued a ruling on Friday upholding the legality of the death penalty, which is still imposed ...
Taiwan Court Upholds Legality of Death Penalty but Limits Use to Only the Most Serious Crimes
The ruling reflects a compromise between international pressure for abolition and domestic support for harsh punishment to ...
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Taiwan affirms constitutionality of death penalty
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — After months of deliberation, Taiwan’s Constitutional Court on Friday (Sept. 20) determined that the ...
Taiwan upholds legality of death sentences but severely restricts its use
Taiwan’s Constitutional Court was hearing petitions filed by roughly three dozen prisoners on death row who argued that the ...
Taiwan Court Limits Death Penalty in Compromise Ruling
Taiwan’s Constitutional Court is set to rule on whether the archipelago should abolish the death penalty, a key test of its ...
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Death penalty does not make society safe, Taiwan human rights groups say
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Human rights groups, lawyers, and abolitionists said the death penalty does not make Taiwan safer ...
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Poll Finds 80% of Taiwan's Public Support Death Penalty Ahead of Court Ruling - TaiwanPlus News
Ahead of a court ruling scheduled for Friday on whether capital punishment is constitutional, a new poll finds that 80% of ...
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Taiwan upholds death penalty but limits use to "exceptional" cases
Taiwan is retaining the death penalty, but the top court has imposed restrictions on its implementation. Taiwan has carried out 35 executions since a moratorium on capital punishment was lifted in ...
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Taiwan court limits death penalty to most serious crimes
Taiwan’s Constitutional Court ruled on Friday that the death penalty should only be applied to the most grievous offenses, a ...
Taiwan Court Limits Use of Death Penalty in New Ruling
Taiwan's Constitutional Court has upheld the legality of the death penalty but placed new restrictions on its application.