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

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 ...

Information given to New York Times by the Israeli officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity ...

The Constitutional Court has failed to overturn Taiwan’s use of the death penalty. The country's 37 death row inmates had ...

“The court emphasized that because the death penalty is the most severe punishment and irreversible in nature, its ...

Taiwan's constitutional court ruled on Friday that the death penalty is constitutional but only for the most serious crimes ...

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 is set to announce its decision on a landmark case brought by death row inmates that touches on ...

The death penalty in Taiwan remains conditionally compatible with the constitution of the East Asian island state. This was ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Human rights groups, lawyers, and abolitionists said the death penalty does not make Taiwan safer ...

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

Taiwan’s Constitutional Court was hearing petitions filed by roughly three dozen prisoners on death row who argued that the ...