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 ...

A Taiwan court decided on Friday to retain capital punishment, but ruled its application should be "limited to special and ...

Taiwan’s Constitutional Court was hearing petitions filed by roughly three dozen prisoners on death row who argued that the ...

Taiwan’s Constitutional Court ruled on Friday that the death penalty should only be applied to the most grievous offenses, a ...

Campaigners against the death penalty have long argued that the practice, carried out by shooting an inmate in the heart from ...

Taiwan's constitutional court ruled on Friday that the death penalty is constitutional but only for the most serious crimes ...

Taiwan's Constitutional Court issued a ruling on Friday upholding the legality of the death penalty, which is still imposed ...

The ruling reflects a compromise between international pressure for abolition and domestic support for harsh punishment to ...

The already dying capital punishment system could be eradicated much sooner if evangelical Christians would stop supporting ...

It will be a key test of its reputation as one of the most progressive societies in Asia.  Read more at straitstimes.com.

Jason Baker is arguing he would have pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in 2019 had he known his defense strategy would be uprooted.

An unconstitutional ruling, effective immediately upon its issuance, corresponds to abolishing the death penalty. As there is ...