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.Campaigner
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.
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