2008-03-09 Taipei Times
By Rich Chang
STAFF REPORTER
EFFECTIVE DETERRENT? : The number of executions in Taiwan has dropped off in recent years but abolition of capital punishment still seems unlikely in the short term
The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) said it is seeking to amend the law so that a death sentence can only be handed down when all three judges in a case approve the sentence.
Current law stipulates that a death sentence can be handed down with a majority verdict, which means two of the three judges in a court can decide the ruling. Passage of the amendment would make death sentences more difficult to secure and thereby reduce the number of state executions.