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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

Two Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT)-affiliated groups yesterday urged the Constitutional Court to uphold the ...

Ahead of a court ruling scheduled for Friday on whether capital punishment is constitutional, a new poll finds that 80% of ...