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

Campaigners against the death penalty have long argued that the practice, carried out by shooting an inmate in the heart from ...

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 ...

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 ...