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

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

The court, however, limits it to 'special and exceptional circumstances' and bans its use for mentally ill defendants ...

A petition filed by 37 death row inmates was rejected, but with a call to apply it only in ‘exceptional’ cases. The last ...

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

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

Taiwan’s Constitutional Court is set to rule on whether the archipelago should abolish the death penalty, a key test of its ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — After months of deliberation, Taiwan’s Constitutional Court on Friday (Sept. 20) determined that the ...

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 ruled on Friday that the death penalty should be applied only to the most grievous offenses, a ...

Taiwan's Constitutional Court has upheld the legality of the death penalty but placed new restrictions on its application.