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on the 20th, taiwan's "constitutional court" made a "constitutional" ruling on the "constitutional interpretation case" of the death penalty, but limited the scope of application and set up 7 checkpoints for sentencing to death. in response, wu zongxian, a kuomintang legislator and former prosecutor, said that according to the ruling of the "constitutional court", 37 death row inmates are likely to escape death or even return to society. he admitted that he had thought about the necessity of the death penalty, but after serving as a prosecutor and handling dozens of murder cases, all his experience was based on bloody corpses. he no longer believes that this society does not need the death penalty, and he will never bow to the wrong abolitionist groups.

wu zongxian posted on facebook yesterday, "as i have said in the past two days, the death penalty for intentional homicide is 'constitutional'." the 'constitutional court' has imposed the death penalty on intentional homicide, but it has also set many restrictions, including that the circumstances of the murder must be the most serious, and that people with mental disorders cannot be sentenced to death, etc."

wu zongxian said that as for the 37 death row inmates, if they meet one of the above conditions, they can request the "attorney general" to file an extraordinary appeal. once the court revokes the original final verdict, it will be retried and they are very likely to escape death. since the taiwan judicial institution implemented a social sentencing survey in 2018, there have been no death penalty cases in the past four years. therefore, these 37 death row inmates are very likely to be exempted from the death penalty and even return to society.

in addition, wu zongxian also said in another post, "we cannot defend the human rights of 0.1% of murderers while ignoring the safety of 99.9% of the people." please remember that forgiving the defendant is the right of the victim's family, not an obligation. before the taiwanese authorities improve the social safety net and achieve a safe and happy life, the "grand justice" should not discuss abolishing the death penalty. the formulation of "laws" is a manifestation of the people's will, and the abolition of the death penalty is even more so. it should be left to the public opinion representative body with a public opinion basis to decide.

lin jingxian, taiwan correspondent of strait herald