TAIPEI, Taiwan — A Taiwan court decided on Friday to retain capital punishment, but ruled its application should be 'limited to special and exceptional circumstances.'
TAIPEI, Taiwan — A Taiwan court decided on Friday to retain capital punishment, but ruled its application should be 'limited to special and exceptional circumstances.'Democratic Taiwan has carried out 35 executions since a moratorium on capital punishment was lifted in 2010, with the latest — that of a 53-year-old man convicted for setting a fire that killed his family — occurring in April 2020.
''The TCC emphasized that because death penalty was the most severe punishment and irreversible in nature, its application and procedural safeguard should be reviewed under strict scrutiny,' it said in reference to the crime of murder.However, 'the judgment did not address the constitutionality of death penalty in general or imposed on other offenses,' such as treason or drug-related offenses.
Retains Death Penalty But Limits Use To 'Exceptional' Cases
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