Capital punishment to be abolished gradually: Wang
By Shelley Huang, STAFF REPORTER
Taipei Times, Tuesday, Feb 02, 2010, Page 3

Minister of Justice Wang ­Ching-feng (王清峰) said yesterday the ministry would take gradual steps toward abolishing the death penalty, but denied reports saying it would be done by November next year.

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Death penalty abolished only after public consensus: Justice Minister
"A majority of people in Taiwan oppose the policy, but international data shows that the existence of the death penalty and the level of crime in a country were unrelated".

Taiwan News , Staff Writer
2010-02-02

Taiwan will gradually push for the abolition of the death penalty after a consensus is formed, Justice Minister Wang Ching-feng said yesterday.

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 ~ Book review of Staving off the Executioner: Taiwan’s Unofficial Moratorium

 Celia Llopis-Jepsen
 Editor, Taipei Times

  In December 2006, a Taiwanese death row inmate named Chong De-shu came within days, perhaps hours, of being executed. The dramatic series of events that saved his life marked the start of Taiwan’s unofficial moratorium on the death penalty. Today, Taiwan has not carried out any executions since late 2005.

  Staving off the Executioner: Taiwan’s Unofficial Moratorium tells the story — in both English and Chinese — of how Chong’s execution was stopped against all odds by Taiwanese lawyers and NGO workers who barely thought it was possible, but were not willing to give up. It is an inspiration for abolitionists everywhere who may feel they face insurmountable obstacles.

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Justice delayed, justice denied(中文翻譯請按此)

In Taiwan, criminal cases can go on indefinitely and defendants can be detained for years, even decades, on end. A proposed speedy and fair trial law aims to tackle the problem — but critics say it would only make the situation worse

By Celia Llopis-Jepsen
STAFF REPORTER
Sunday, Jan 03, 2010, Page 13, TAIPEI TIMES

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Chiba meets lawyers over death penalty

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Between life and death

Hsu Tzu-chiang has been sentenced to death eight times over the past 14 years in a case human rights lawyers say is a textbook example of what’s wrong with the death penalty system in Taiwan. Celia Llopis-Jepsen spoke with him for 20 minutes at the Taipei Detention Center on Friday

By Celia Llopis-jepsen, STAFF REPORTER
Taipei Times, Sunday, Dec 20, 2009, Page 13

On the street outside Taipei Detention Center are small food stalls selling large dishes of food. Full meals, not snacks. The dishes aren’t for passersby; they’re for inmates. Family and friends can bring a meal to the people they visit.

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2009-12-19 KansasCity.com

BY RON SYLVESTER
The Wichita Eagle

Kansas will consider abolishing the death penalty next year as death sentences are declining across the United States.

Fewer people were sentenced to death this year than any other year since 1976, according to a report released Friday by the Death Penalty Information Center.

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