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Again innocent : The High Court Kaohsiung Branch Court has sentenced Lin Jingui for a second time, finding Lin Jingui innocent again! (2022.08.30)

【Post – meeting press release】 (2022.08.30) Lin Jingui was convicted of shooting and murder of a taxi driver on May 9, 2007, in Fengshan, Kaohsiung, and was sentenced to life. The Taiwan Innocence Project took his case in 2016. The retrial of Lin Jingui’s case began on April 19, 2017 and the High Court Kaohsiung […]

The delayed justice: Hsieh Chih-Hung case

(The newest death-row exoneration in Taiwan, Hsieh Chih-Hung)   By Huang Shih-ching (Lawyer) The delayed justice In 2018, there was significant progress in the Hsieh Chih-Hung case. On July 11, the The Control Yuan filed a criminal special relief procedure to raise five questions in this case. Prosecutor Lin Zhi-feng of the Tainan Branch, Taiwan  […]

Recommendations of the Control Yuan on Forensic Science

Recommendations of the Control Yuan on Forensic Science January 17, 2020 On January 17, 2020, Taiwan’s Control Yuan published a report of an investigation into the forensic science system, aiming to understand how it operates, how experts assist judges in determining facts, how forensic science agencies improve the quality of their findings, and how courts […]