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Taiwan justice minister resigns over death penalty dispute
Amelia Mathias at 2:03 PM ET 2010/03/12
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2010/03/taiwan-justice-minister-resigns-over.php




<div STYLE="line-height: 134%; font-size: 10pt"><FONT SIZE=1 FACE=Verdana style='font-size: 10pt'><div style="clear:both;"></div><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left"><tr><td>></td><td><img height="1" src="http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/images/s.gif" width="5" border="0" /></td></tr></table>[JURIST] Taiwanese Justice Minister <a href="http://www.moj.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=124441&CtNode=23409&mp=095">Wang Ching-feng</a> [official profile] resigned Thursday in defense of her position against the death penalty. Though Taiwan has not executed a criminal since 2005, Wang said she <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8563838.stm">would not sign</a> [BBC report] the execution warrants of any of the <a href="http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1201972&lang=eng_news&cate_img=83.jpg&cate_rss=news_Politics_TAIWAN">44 prisoners</a> [<span style="font-style:italic;">Taiwan News</span> report] still on death row. Her resignation was sparked by <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62B0KE20100312">possible criticism</a> [Reuters report] of her position by the office of Taiwanese President <a href="http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/jurist_search.php?q=Ma+Ying-jeou">Ma Ying-jeou</a> [JURIST news archive], a member of her own Kuomintang party. Three-fourths of Taiwanese citizens favor the death penalty. Taiwanese Premier Wu Den-yih has already <a href="http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?ID=201003120011&Type=aIPL">appointed a replacement</a> [CNA report].<br /><br />In February, UN Under-Secretary-General <a href="http://www.un.org/News/ossg/sg/stories/ordzhonikidze_bio.asp">Sergei Ordzhonikidze</a> [official profile] praised the <a href="http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2010/02/un-official-applauds-states-efforts-to.php">increase in the number of countries</a> [JURIST report] that have suspended or abolished the death penalty. Speaking at the <a href="http://www.fidh.org/4th-World-Congress-Against-the-Death-Penalty">4th World Congress Against the Death Penalty</a> [FIDH backgrounder] in Geneva, Ordzhonikidze expressed hope that countries that have not abolished the death penalty would adopt the 2007 <a href="http://asiapacific.amnesty.org/apro/APROweb.nsf/pages/adpan_UNGA_62149">UN Resolution 62/149</a> [text], placing a moratorium on the use of capital punishment.<div style="clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em"></div></FONT></div><br>

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Taiwan justice minister resigns over death penalty dispute
Amelia Mathias at 2:03 PM ET 2010/03/12
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2010/03/taiwan-justice-minister-resigns-over.php


[JURIST] Taiwanese Justice Minister Wang Ching-feng [official profile] resigned Thursday in defense of her position against the death penalty. Though Taiwan has not executed a criminal since 2005, Wang said she would not sign [BBC report] the execution warrants of any of the 44 prisoners [Taiwan News report] still on death row. Her resignation was sparked by possible criticism [Reuters report] of her position by the office of Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou [JURIST news archive], a member of her own Kuomintang party. Three-fourths of Taiwanese citizens favor the death penalty. Taiwanese Premier Wu Den-yih has already appointed a replacement [CNA report].

In February, UN Under-Secretary-General Sergei Ordzhonikidze [official profile] praised the increase in the number of countries [JURIST report] that have suspended or abolished the death penalty. Speaking at the 4th World Congress Against the Death Penalty [FIDH backgrounder] in Geneva, Ordzhonikidze expressed hope that countries that have not abolished the death penalty would adopt the <a href=http://asiapacific.amnesty.org/apro/APROweb.nsf/pages/adpan_UNGA_62149>2007 UN Resolution 62/149 [text]</a>, placing a moratorium on the use of capital punishment.

<div STYLE="line-height: 134%; font-size: 10pt"><FONT SIZE=1 FACE=Verdana style='font-size: 10pt'><div style="clear:both;"></div><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left"><tr><td>></td><td><img height="1" src="http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/images/s.gif" width="5" border="0" /></td></tr></table>[JURIST] Taiwanese Justice Minister <a href="http://www.moj.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=124441&CtNode=23409&mp=095">Wang Ching-feng</a> [official profile] resigned Thursday in defense of her position against the death penalty. Though Taiwan has not executed a criminal since 2005, Wang said she <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8563838.stm">would not sign</a> [BBC report] the execution warrants of any of the <a href="http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1201972&lang=eng_news&cate_img=83.jpg&cate_rss=news_Politics_TAIWAN">44 prisoners</a> [<span style="font-style:italic;">Taiwan News</span> report] still on death row. Her resignation was sparked by <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62B0KE20100312">possible criticism</a> [Reuters report] of her position by the office of Taiwanese President <a href="http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/jurist_search.php?q=Ma+Ying-jeou">Ma Ying-jeou</a> [JURIST news archive], a member of her own Kuomintang party. Three-fourths of Taiwanese citizens favor the death penalty. Taiwanese Premier Wu Den-yih has already <a href="http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?ID=201003120011&Type=aIPL">appointed a replacement</a> [CNA report].<br /><br />In February, UN Under-Secretary-General <a href="http://www.un.org/News/ossg/sg/stories/ordzhonikidze_bio.asp">Sergei Ordzhonikidze</a> [official profile] praised the <a href="http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2010/02/un-official-applauds-states-efforts-to.php">increase in the number of countries</a> [JURIST report] that have suspended or abolished the death penalty. Speaking at the <a href="http://www.fidh.org/4th-World-Congress-Against-the-Death-Penalty">4th World Congress Against the Death Penalty</a> [FIDH backgrounder] in Geneva, Ordzhonikidze expressed hope that countries that have not abolished the death penalty would adopt the 2007 <a href="http://asiapacific.amnesty.org/apro/APROweb.nsf/pages/adpan_UNGA_62149">UN Resolution 62/149</a> [text], placing a moratorium on the use of capital punishment.<div style="clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em"></div></FONT></div><br>

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Taiwan justice minister resigns over death penalty dispute
Amelia Mathias at 2:03 PM ET 2010/03/12
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2010/03/taiwan-justice-minister-resigns-over.php


[JURIST] Taiwanese Justice Minister Wang Ching-feng [official profile] resigned Thursday in defense of her position against the death penalty. Though Taiwan has not executed a criminal since 2005, Wang said she would not sign [BBC report] the execution warrants of any of the 44 prisoners [Taiwan News report] still on death row. Her resignation was sparked by possible criticism [Reuters report] of her position by the office of Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou [JURIST news archive], a member of her own Kuomintang party. Three-fourths of Taiwanese citizens favor the death penalty. Taiwanese Premier Wu Den-yih has already appointed a replacement [CNA report].

In February, UN Under-Secretary-General Sergei Ordzhonikidze [official profile] praised the increase in the number of countries [JURIST report] that have suspended or abolished the death penalty. Speaking at the 4th World Congress Against the Death Penalty [FIDH backgrounder] in Geneva, Ordzhonikidze expressed hope that countries that have not abolished the death penalty would adopt the 2007 UN Resolution 62/149 [text], placing a moratorium on the use of capital punishment.