Capital punishment is a legal form of punishment in the Republic of China (Taiwan). Capital punishment, the death penalty or execution, is the Killing of a person by judicial process as Punishment. The debate about Capital punishment, colloquially known as the death penalty, is highly controversial Most major world religions take an ambiguous position on the morality of Capital punishment. Wrongful execution is a Miscarriage of justice occurring when an innocent person is put to death by Capital punishment, the "death penalty Capital punishment was last used in Australia in 1967, when Ronald Ryan was hanged in Victoria, he was the last Capital punishment in Brazil was last used in 1861 and has not been officially used since the proclamation of the Republic in 1889. The only method used in Canada for Capital punishment was Hanging. The People's Republic of China currently uses Capital punishment for many crimes from Tax evasion and Political corruption to The death penalty has been totally abolished in almost all European countries (47 out of 50 Capital punishment in France existed officially from the Middle Ages and was abolished in 1981 Capital punishment in Germany has been abolished The current Constitution of Germany ("Grundgesetz" as adopted in 1949, does not allow Capital Capital punishment in India is legal but rareDuring the late 1900's, about 40 people were executed In Italy, the first pre-unitarian state to abolish the Death penalty was the Grand Duchy of Tuscany as of November 30, 1786, under the reign Capital punishment in Iraq was commonly used by the government of Saddam Hussein. Capital punishment is legal in Japan, with the only crimes for which this is the statutory punishment being Homicide and Treason. Capital punishment in Malaysia applies to Murder, Drug trafficking, Treason, and waging war against Yang di-Pertuan Agong Capital punishment in New Zealand first appeared in a codified form when New Zealand became a British territory in 1840 and was first employed in in 1842 Capital punishment was legal in Pakistan since its inception till 2008 Capital punishment in the Philippines has a varied history and on June 24 2006, was abolished Both the legal and moral status of Capital punishment in Russia are currently controversial Capital punishment is a legal form of Punishment in Singapore. Capital punishment is a legal form of Punishment in the Republic of China ( Taiwan) Capital punishment of a Felon in the United States, in modern times is employed and in practice only in cases involving murder Methods of capital punishment Methods of execution used to carry out Capital punishment have varied over time and include Burning, especially Decapitation (from Latin, caput, capitis, meaning head or beheading, is the cutting off of the head of a person or animal Execution by electrocution (usually referred to after its method of implementation as the Electric Chair) is an execution method originating in the United States in which the Execution by firing squad is a method of Capital punishment, particularly common in times of war A gas chamber is an apparatus for killing consisting of a sealed chamber into which a Poisonous or Asphyxiant gas is introduced Hanging is the lethal suspension of a person by a ligature The Oxford English Dictionary states that hanging in this sense is "specifically to put to death Execution by shooting is a form of Capital punishment whereby an executed person is shot by one or more Firearms It is the most common method of execution Methods of capital punishment Methods of execution used to carry out Capital punishment have varied over time and include Burning, especially Capital punishment, the death penalty or execution, is the Killing of a person by judicial process as Punishment. Punishment is the practice of imposing something unpleasant or aversive on a person or animal usually in response to disobedient or morally wrong behavior REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES Taiwan ( Taiwanese: Tâi-oân/Tāi-oân (historically 大灣/台員/大員/台圓/大圓/台窩灣 is an Island in East Asia. Before 2000 Taiwan had a relatively high execution rate (the data released by Executive Yuan's Ministry of Justice showed that 658 people, including six females, were executed in Taiwan between January 1950 and March 2001. The Executive Yuan ( literally "Executive court" is the Executive branch of the Government of the Republic of China. The Ministry of Justice of the Republic of China ( is a cabinet level governmental body of the Executive Yuan responsible for carrying out judicial and criminal reviews in the ^[1] This number excludes military executions) when some strict laws were still in effect in the harsh political environment. However after some controversial cases during the 1990s plus former President Chen Shui-bian's attitude towards abolition, the number of executions dropped significantly since 2002, with only three executions in 2005 and none since 2006. Chen Shui-bian ( born October 12, 1950) is a Taiwanese politician and former President of the Republic of China.

Crimes eligible for death penalty

Under military law

The Criminal Law of the Armed Forces (陸海空軍刑法) of the Republic of China rules the following crimes eligible for death penalty on ROC military personnels:^[2]:

• Treason (Article 14,15)
• Collaboration (Article 17,18)
• Espionage (Article 19,20)
• Defection (Article 24)
• Malfeasance (Article 26,27)
• Disclosure of intelligence or secrets (Article 31)
• Desertion (Article 41,42)
• Disobeying orders (Article 47,48)
• Mutiny (Article 49,50)
• Hijacking (Article 53)
• Destroying military supplies and equipment (Article 58)
• Stealing and selling ammunition (Article 65)
• Fabricating orders (Article 66)

Under civilian law

A sign at the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport warns arriving travelers that drug trafficking is a capital offense in the Republic of China. The Republic of China (ROC (commonly known as Taiwan maintains a large and technologically advanced military establishment which accounted for In Law, treason is the Crime that covers some of the more serious acts of disloyalty to one's sovereign or Nation. Collaborationism, can describe the Treason of cooperating with enemy Forces occupying one's Country. In Politics, a defector is a person who gives up allegiance to one state or political entity in exchange for allegiance to another The expressions misfeasance and nonfeasance, and occasionally malfeasance, are used in English law with reference to the discharge of public obligations In Military terminology desertion is the Abandonment of a " Duty " or post without permission from one's Government or superior Mutiny is a conspiracy among members of a group of similarly-situated individuals (typically members of the Military; or the Crew of any ship even Hijacking (also known as skyjacking and aircraft piracy) is the take over of an Aircraft, by a person or group usually armed Ammunition, often referred to as ammo, is a generic term derived from the French language la munition which Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (; Tongyong Pinyin: Táiwan Táoyuán Gúojì Jichǎng Hanyu pinyin: Táiwān Táoyuán Gúojì Jīchǎng formerly (photo taken in 2005)

The Republic of China Criminal Code (zh:中華民國刑法) rules the following offenses eligible for death penalty, although none of them carries mandatory death penalty^[3]:

• Treason (Article 101)
• Espionage (Article 103,104,105,107)
• Hijacking (Article 185-1)
• Murder (Article 271,272)
• Robbery with murder, rape, or arson (Article 332)
• Piracy (Article 333,334)
• Kidnapping (Article 347,348)

Article 63 of the Criminal Code also rules that death penalty cannot be imposed on juvenile offenders aged under 18 or senile offenders aged above 80 for any offenses. Murder is the unlawful killing of another human person with Malice aforethought, as defined in Common Law countries Robbery is the Crime of seizing Property through Violence or Intimidation. Rape, also referred to as Sexual assault, is an Assault by a person involving Sexual intercourse with or Sexual penetration of another person Piracy is Robbery committed at sea or sometimes on shore without a commission from a sovereign Nation (as distinct from Privateering In Criminal law, kidnapping is the taking away or Asportation of a person against the person's will usually to hold the person in False imprisonment

Other special laws which rule non-compulsory capital offenses:

• Unauthorized manufacture, trafficking or selling of heroin, opium, morphine or cocaine (Act for the Control of Drug Abuse, zh:毒品危害防制條例 Article 4)^[4]
• Unauthorized manufacture, trafficking or selling of firearm weapons (Act for the Control of Weapons, zh:槍砲彈藥刀械管制條例 Article 7)^[5]
• Serious counterfeiting which disturbs financial order(Act for the Punishment of Counterfeiting, zh:妨害國幣懲治條例 Article 3)^[6]

Defunct laws

The following two laws gave certain offenses a mandatory death penalty. Heroin ( INN: diacetylmorphine, BAN: diamorphine) is a semi-synthetic opioid synthesized from Morphine, a derivative Opium is a Narcotic formed from the Latex (ie sap released by lacerating (or "scoring" the immature seed pods of opium poppies ( Medical uses Morphine can be used as an analgesic in hospital settings to relieve pain in Myocardial infarction pain in Cocaine ( benzoylmethyl ecgonine) is a Crystalline Tropane Alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the Coca plant A firearm is a Tool that projects either single or multiple Projectiles at high velocity through a controlled explosion A counterfeit is an imitation that is made usually with the intent to deceptively represent its content or origins More than half of the executed 658 people mentioned earlier lost their lives because of these laws:

• Act for the Control and Punishment of Rebellion (zh:懲治叛亂條例, rescinded in May 1991^[7]) which imposed a mandatory death sentence on treason, espionage and defection. Enacted in 1949 when the Kuomintang just fled to Taiwan, this law was applicable to both military and common courts and played an important role during the white terror period. In general the term White Terror refers to acts of violence carried out by Reactionary (usually monarchist or conservative) groups as part of a Related information about some people executed according to this law was not publicized because they were court-martialled. A court-martial (plural courts-martial) is a Military court. These military courts can determine Punishments for members of the Military subject For example, Bo Yang and Shih Ming-teh were ever sentenced to death by this law, however they were finally given life imprisonment due to worldwide political pressure during trial. Bo Yang ( 7 March 1920 – 29 April 2008) also sometimes called Bai Yang, was a Chinese language writer based in Shih Ming-te or Shih Ming-teh ( aka Nori born January 15, 1941 in Kaohsiung) was a Political prisoner for 25-and-a-half years Life imprisonment or life incarceration is a sentence of imprisonment for a serious crime often for most

• Act for the Control and Punishment of Banditry (zh:懲治盜匪條例, rescinded in January 2002^[8]) which ruled mandatory death penalty on kidnapping, piracy, or robbery along with murder, rape, or arson. Originally enacted as a short-term special law by the Kuomintang government during the Second Sino-Japanese War period, the law was extended for long time due to all sorts of accidental mishaps. The Second Sino-Japanese War ( July 7, 1937 to September 9, 1945) was a major war fought between the Republic of China and the

Execution process

A ROC judicial execution requires the final sentence from the Supreme Court of the Republic of China and the death order signed by the Minister of Justice. Supreme Court of the Republic of China is the Court of last resort in the Republic of China. After the Supreme Court issues a final death sentence, the case will soon be transferred to the Ministry of Justice, waiting for the Minister of Justice to rule a final secret execution date. The Ministry of Justice of the Republic of China ( is a cabinet level governmental body of the Executive Yuan responsible for carrying out judicial and criminal reviews in the Generally the Ministry of Justice will allow some time for the condemned person to meet his or her family, arrange religious activities, and even get married before the execution. Should any new evidence or procedural flaw which may influence the verdict is discovered during this period, the condemned prisoner may plea to the Ministry of Justice, which may then delay the death warrant, if or when the Solicitor General of Supreme Prosecutors' Office makes a special appeal to Supreme Court for retrial. However such cases are very rare: to date only one condemned prisoner finally escaped the judicial death in this way ^[9]. The President of Republic of China can also award clemency, but so far only President Chiang Kai-Shek ever exercised this legal right on an individual prisoner once in 1957^[10]. The President of the Republic of China ( is the Head of state of the Republic of China (ROC (commonly known as Taiwan since the 1970s A pardon is the forgiveness of a crime and the penalty associated with it Chiang Kai-shek ( POJ: Chiúⁿ Kài-se̍k Jyutping: zoeng2gaai3sek6 GCB ( October 31, 1887 &ndash President Lee Teng-hui also ruled out two nationwide commutations in 1988^[11] and 1991^[12] in which two sentences were commuted from death to life imprisonment. Lee Teng-hui ( POJ: Lí Teng-hui born 15 January 1923 is a Politician of Taiwan. Commutation of sentence involves the reduction of legal penalties, especially in terms of imprisonment. Life imprisonment or life incarceration is a sentence of imprisonment for a serious crime often for most

The death order from the Minister of Justice will be received and performed by High Prosecutors' offices so executions are carried out inside the detention centers of the five cities having High Court: Taipei, Taichung, Tainan, Kaohsiung and Hualien. Taipei ( Taiwanese Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-pak-chhī Jhuyin Fuhao: ㄊㄞˊ ㄅㄟˇ ㄕˋ Hakka: Thòi-pet-sṳ has been the capital of Taichung ( is a city located in west-central Taiwan with a population of just over one million people making it the third largest city on the island after Taipei Hualien City ( POJ: Hoa-liân-chhī is the capital of Hualien County, Taiwan. Like Japan, Taiwanese death row inmates are kept in detention centers but not prisons, and are kept under harsher conditions than general prisoners. Capital punishment is legal in Japan, with the only crimes for which this is the statutory punishment being Homicide and Treason. Death row is a term that refers to the section of a Prison that houses individuals awaiting execution. They are imprisoned every 2 persons per cell(or sole imprisonment for misbehaving or very violent inmates), handcuffed and fettered all day long (although since late 2006 the Ministry of Justice is experimenting with unfettering death row inmates who behave themselves), only allowed to leave the cell half an hour a day for exercise, but are allowed to read censored newspapers and books as well as practice religious activities with permitted religious personnel. Handcuffs are restraint devices designed to secure an individual's Wrists close together Fetters, shackles, footcuffs or leg irons are a kind of Physical restraint used on the feet or Ankles to allow walking A religion is a set of Tenets and practices often centered upon specific Supernatural and moral claims about Reality, the Cosmos

Executions are carried out by handgun shooting aimed at the heart from the back, or aimed at the brain stem under the ear if the prisoner consents to organ donation. Execution by shooting is a form of Capital punishment whereby an executed person is shot by one or more Firearms It is the most common method of execution The heart is a muscular organ in all Vertebrates responsible for pumping Blood through the Blood vessels by repeated rhythmic The brain stem (or brainstem) is the lower part of the Brain, adjoining and structurally continuous with the Spinal cord. The ear is the sense organ that detects Sounds The Vertebrate ear shows a common biology from Fish to Humans with variations Organ donation is the removal of the tissues of the Human body from a person who has recently Died, or from a living donor for the purpose of transplanting The execution time used to be 6AM, but was changed to 9PM in 1995 to reduce officials' workload. Executions are performed in secret: nobody will be informed beforehand, including the condemned. Before the execution a last meal will be served and the prisoner will be prompted for any last words. The last meal is a customary part of a condemned prisoner's last day The Last Words were an early punk band from Sydney, Australia. The condemned prisoner will then be injected with strong anaesthetic to leave him or her completely senseless, and the shooting quickly takes the prisoner's life. Anesthesia, or anaesthesia (see spelling differences; from Greek grc αν- an-, "without" and grc αἲσθησις After execution the High Prosecutors' Office in charge will announce the execution in detail. Although the Ministry of Justice has studied other methods including hanging and lethal injection since early 1990s, execution by shooting (performed by local bailiffs or military policemen) is the only execution method used in Taiwan to date (including military executions). Hanging is the lethal suspension of a person by a ligature The Oxford English Dictionary states that hanging in this sense is "specifically to put to death Bailiff (from Late Latin baiulivus, Adjectival form of baiulus) is a Governor or Custodian (cf Military police ( MPs) are normally the Police of a Military Organization.

ROC military sentences and executions are administered only by the Ministry of National Defense and have no connection with the Ministry of Justice. The Ministry of National Defense (MND) of the Republic of China (TAIWAN is a Cabinet -level agency under the Executive Yuan responsible for all defense Military sentences and executions are carried out in the military courts and prisons across the island as well as Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu. The Pescadores ( from Portuguese, "fishermen" pron pɨʃ Kinmen, ( Traditional Chinese: 金門 Simplified Chinese: 金门 Hanyu Pinyin: Jīnmén Tongyong Pinyin: Jinmén Wades-Giles The Matsu Islands (also Mazu Islands ( are a minor Archipelago of 19 Islands and islets in the Taiwan Strait administered as Lienchiang Unlike the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of National Defense does not compile detailed information concerning this issue so the real situation is unclear.

Execution statistics

Unlike Singapore, ROC's Ministry of Justice annually publishes detailed statistics on this year's executions, including the executed person's name, age, sex, crime, nationality, education, etc. Capital punishment is a legal form of Punishment in Singapore. The detailed numbers of executions since 1987 are listed below^[13][14]:

The execution tally was at its height in late 1980s and early 1990s when the martial law was just lifted and the social order suddenly disintegrated. Martial law is the system of rules that takes effect when the military takes control of the normal administration of justice The strict Act for the Control and Punishment of Banditry took many prisoners' lives at that time.

Among the executed were a small number from the People's Republic of China, the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP The Kingdom of Thailand (ˈtaɪlænd ราชอาณาจักรไทย, râːtɕʰa-ʔaːnaːtɕɑ̀k-tʰɑj For the biogeographical region see Malesia Malaysia (məˈleɪʒə or /məˈleɪziə/ is a country that consists of thirteen states and Singapore They were executed in Taiwan for kidnapping, murder, or drug trafficking offenses ^[15][16][17].

Controversial death sentences

There are accounts in which the organs were retrieved from the executed prisoners while they were still medically alive. ^[18][19] Torture also exists in the investigation process, and seriously compromises the credibility of the verdicts. ^[20]

The Hsichih Trio case

In March 1991 a Hsichih couple Wu Ming-han (吳銘漢) and Yeh Ying-lan (葉盈蘭) were found robbed and brutally murdered inside their apartment. Hsichih City or Sijhih or Xizhi ( literally "the end of tides" is a City in Taipei County, Taiwan. In August 1991 the police seized their neighbor Wang Wen-hsiao (王文孝), a youngster who was then serving in the ROC Marines Corps, based on a Wang's bloody fingerprint found at the scene. Republic of China Marine Corps A fingerprint is an impression of the friction ridges of all or any part of the finger Wang confessed to the murder after they discovered his housebreaking and burglary, but the police doubted how he alone could have killed two adults so easily and brutally. After torture Wang confessed another three 1972-born youngsters who lived in the same community, Su Chien-ho (蘇建和), Chuang Lin-hsun (莊林勳) and Liu Bin-lang (劉秉郎) as accomplices. At law an accomplice is a person who actively participates in the commission of a Crime, even though they take no part in the actual Criminal offence. These four young men further confessed they gang raped Yeh Ying-lan during their action, but the autopsy after murder did not check Yeh's genitals because her body was badly wounded and by the time they were seized, Yeh's body was already buried and corrupted. See also Rape Rape can be categorized in different ways for example by reference to the situation in which it occurs by the identity or characteristics An autopsy, also known as a post-mortem examination, necropsy, or obduction, is a Medical procedure that consists of a thorough Examination

Wang Wen-hsiao was court-martialed and speedily executed in January 1992. A court-martial (plural courts-martial) is a Military court. These military courts can determine Punishments for members of the Military subject The other three defendants were prosecuted by the Act for the Control and Punishment of Banditry which ruled compulsory death penalty for their crimes, if found guilty. A defendant or defender ( Δ in Legal shorthand) is any party who is required to answer the Complaint of a Plaintiff During trial the defendants repeatedly claimed they were forced to make fake confessions under torture and they were not guilty, but the judges did not believe them.

In February 1995 the Supreme Court of the Republic of China condemned the defendants to death. Supreme Court of the Republic of China is the Court of last resort in the Republic of China. Originally, the three would have been shot within short time, but then Minister of Justice Ma Ying-jeou refused to sign their death warrants and returned the whole case back to Supreme Court in hope of a retrial, due to shortcomings such as:

• The only two pieces of evidence to prove the defendants' guilt was Wang Wen-hsiao's confessions and the NT$ 24 dollars found in Chuang Lin-hsun's home which was considered booty. NOTICE*************** The New Taiwan dollar ( ( Currency code TWD and common abbreviation NT$) or simply Taiwan dollar, is the official Currency of the Booty may refer to A nautical term for Treasure American slang for Buttocks Other uses The evidence was too weak: Wang Wen-hsiao was executed too early to witness the case, and NT$ 24 dollars was a tiny amount.

• All four defendants claimed they have been tortured without lawyer present during police interrogation, but the judges did not investigate this point thoroughly. Wang Wen-hsiao's brother Wang Wen-chung (王文忠) even claimed Hsichih police originally asked his brother to confess as an accomplice, but he had refused.

• There was no way to prove if Yeh Ying-lan was raped.

Between 1995 and 2000 Ma Ying-jeou and his 3 successors filed several retrial requests to the Supreme Court, but all of them were rejected. Meantime this case drew the attention of Amnesty International and was widely broadcast throughout the world, nicknamed as "the Hsichih Trio"^[21]. Amnesty International (commonly known as Amnesty or AI) is a Western based international Non-governmental organization which defines its mission as "to

After long time effort the Supreme Court finally ruled out a retrial on May 19, 2000, just one day before former President Chen Shui-bian's inauguration. Events 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships 110 men and 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Chen Shui-bian ( born October 12, 1950) is a Taiwanese politician and former President of the Republic of China. In January 13, 2003 Taiwan High Court passed a verdict that they were not guilty and released them, but the victims' families were unwilling to accept this and kept on appealing. Events 532 - Nika riots in Constantinople. 888 - Odo Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. In Law, an appeal is a process for requesting a formal change to an official decision On June 29, 2007 the Taiwan High Court once again found the trio guilty and condemned them to death, but surprisingly did not put them into custody because "the 3 defendants are already worldwide famous and will be identified in any place", the first such case in the ROC history. Events 512 - A Solar eclipse is recorded by a monastic chronicler in Ireland. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The case remains unsettled.

Lu Cheng's case

Tainan native Lu Cheng (盧正), an unemployed former policeman, was charged with the kidnapping and murder of a local woman Chan Chun-tzu(詹春子) who along with her husband were both Lu's high school classmates in December 1997. The Supreme Court of the Republic of China condemned Lu to death in June 2000 but Lu's family pointed out several suspicious points^[22]:

• Like the Hsichih Trio, Lu Cheng was tortured by police for a long period and was forced to provide fake confessions.

• The judges intentionally ignored an apparent alibi that Lu Cheng was together with his juvenile niece at the exact time of the murder. An alibi is the Plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove that the person was in another place when the alleged

• The real kidnapper phoned the victim's husband during the crime. If Lu Cheng had committed the kidnapping, the victim's husband should have been able to identify Lu's voice.

• The verdict stated that the victim was strangled to death by Lu Cheng's shoelaces. However the autopsy showed the victim's strangulation burn did not match Lu's shoelaces. An autopsy, also known as a post-mortem examination, necropsy, or obduction, is a Medical procedure that consists of a thorough Examination

Despite these suspicious points, then Minister of Justice Chen Ding-nan still gave order to Lu Cheng's execution on September 7, 2000, just one day before that year's Mid-Autumn Festival. Chen Ding-Nan ( Traditional Chinese: 陳定南 ( September 29 1943 &ndash November 5 2006) was a Taiwanese Events 1251 BC - A Solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes Greece. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival, or in Chinese Zhongqiu Jie ( is a popular harvest festival celebrated by Chinese It was rumored that Lu Cheng remained sober after receiving five anesthetic injections at 3AM so the officials had to shoot him while he was conscious, and his eyes remained opened after his death, a sign of injustice according to Chinese tradition. Lu Cheng's family kept on protesting but there has been no concrete official response to date.

Former President Chen Shui-bian's policy towards abolishing death penalty

These controversial cases apparently influenced the local judicial system. Chen Ding-nan publicly announced his intention to abolish the death penalty in May 2001^[23] and his standpoints were further backed by President Chen Shui-bian^[24][25]. Chen Shui-bian ( born October 12, 1950) is a Taiwanese politician and former President of the Republic of China. Although the right to abolish death penalty is held on the Legislative Yuan which is dominated by the opposing Pan-blue coalition(as well as being more conservative on this issue), meantime the Democratic Progressive Party government informally give moratorium by not signing death warrants except for serious and noncontroversial significant cases. The Legislative Yuan ( is the Legislative body of the Republic of China (ROC which administers Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and The Pan-Blue Coalition ( or Pan-Blue Force ( is a Political alliance in the Republic of China (Taiwan consisting of the Kuomintang The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP ( Taiwanese: Bîn-chú-chìn-pō͘-tóng Traditional Chinese: zh-Hant 民主進步黨 Simplified Chinese: zh-Hans As a result, the number of executions have dropped significantly since 2002. In an October 2006 interview, Chen Ding-nan's successor Shih Mao-lin (施茂林) said he would not sign any death warrant for the 19 defendants who were already condemned to death by Supreme Court in near future, because their cases were still being reviewed inside the Ministry^[26]. Death Warrant is a 1990 action movie starring Jean-Claude Van Damme. These conditions may remain in effect until Chen Shui-bian's tenure expires on May 20, 2008. Events 325 - The First Council of Nicaea &ndash the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church is held 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common

Arguing for and against the death penalty

Actress Pai Ping-ping advocated in favor of retaining the death penalty after the murder of her daughter, Pai Hsiao-yen. Pai Ping-ping (白冰冰 Hanyu Pinyin: Bái Bīngbīng) is an actress entertainer singer comedian and personality from Taiwan, Republic of China Pai Hsiao-yen (白暁燕 白曉燕 Hanyu Pinyin: Bái Xiăoyàn, June 23, 1980 - April 1997 was the only daughter of popular Taiwanese TV ^[1]

References

External links

• The Ministry of Justice of the Republic of China
• The Judicial Yuan of the Republic of China