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Wrongful Execution Reopens Death Penalty Debate 
By Dennis Engbarth

TAIPEI, Feb 5, 2011 (IPS) - Revelations that an Air Force private had apparently been wrongfully executed 15 years ago for the rape and murder of a five-year-old girl have reopened the debate over Taiwan’s retention of the death penalty.

Taipei District and Taichung District prosecutors announced Jan. 28 that after a new investigation into the case, another former Air Force enlisted man had confessed to the crime. 

The announcement prompted President Ma Ying-jeou to apologise to the mother of then 21-year-old Air Force private Chiang Kuo-ching, who was convicted for the crime and executed by gunshot in 1997. Ma also promised "to use the swiftest legal procedure" to clear Chiang's name and make reparations. 

編按：1996年發生空軍作戰司令部謝姓女童遭姦殺命案，江國慶被軍法審判死刑，於1997年8月13日執行；監察院於2010年5月12日公佈調查報告指出江國慶遭誤判錯殺；檢警專案小組重新鑑定當年軍方扣案證物，並於2011年1月28日逮補許榮洲，台北地檢署以許嫌殺人罪嫌重大，且有逃亡之虞，漏夜向法院聲請羈押獲准。相關新聞整理如下：

第65屆聯合國大會 65th United Nations General Assembly
再次通過/確認「暫停使用死刑（Moratorium on the use of the death penalty）」決議

2010/12/22 TAEDP新聞稿

聯合國大會曾經於第62屆和63屆聯合國大會（UNGA）通過全世界暫停死刑執行的決議。（UNGA 62/149和63/168號決議）。今年第65屆UNGA，於12/21在紐約召開的會議上，再次投票通過第三份全球暫停使用死刑的決議（Resolution）。世界反死刑聯盟（WCADP）也發表新聞稿表示歡迎，WCADP認為這個決議讓「全球廢除死刑的陣營更穩固」（The Abolitionist Front Gets Stronger）。