MEPO Forum :: 死刑存廢

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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/taiw
> an-justice-minister-resigns-over.php
> 
>  Taiwanese Justice Minister Wang Ching-feng 
> 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  the execution warrants of any of
> the 44 prisoners  still on death row. Her
> resignation was sparked by possible criticism  of
> her position by the office of Taiwanese President
> Ma Ying-jeou , 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 .In February,
> UN Under-Secretary-General Sergei Ordzhonikidze 
> praised the increase in the number of countries 
> that have suspended or abolished the death
> penalty. Speaking at the 4th World Congress
> Against the Death Penalty  in Geneva,
> Ordzhonikidze expressed hope that countries that
> have not abolished the death penalty would adopt
> the 2007 UN Resolution 62/149 , placing a
> moratorium on the use of capital punishment.