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A sign at Taoyuan Airport warning that drug trafficking is punishable by death. Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Taiwan.The list of capital offences, for which the death penalty can be imposed includes murder, treason, drug trafficking, piracy, terrorism, and especially serious cases of robbery, rape, and kidnapping, as well as military offences, such as desertion during war time.
Taiwan's largest opposition party the Kuomintang expressed regret, saying the court was trying to in essence abolish the death penalty and was going against the feelings of most the island's people.
Life imprisonment is one of the five primary punishments stated in the Criminal code of Taiwan. [cc 1] All prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment are also automatically sentenced to deprivation of citizens' rights for life, [cc 2] which bars the subject from working as a public servant or running for public office.
Capital punishment is retained in law by 55 UN member states or observer states, with 140 having abolished it in law or in practice.The most recent legal executions performed by nations and other entities with criminal law jurisdiction over the people present within its boundaries are listed below.
Some foreign companies are considering moving Taiwanese employees out of China after Beijing said it could impose the death penalty on "diehard" Taiwan independence separatists, said four people ...
United States v Burns [2001] 1 S.C.R. 283, 2001 SCC 7, was a decision by the Supreme Court of Canada that found that extradition of individuals to countries in which they may face the death penalty is a breach of fundamental justice under section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
BEIJING (Reuters) -China on Friday threatened to impose the death penalty in extreme cases for "diehard" Taiwan independence separatists, a ratcheting up of pressure even though Chinese courts ...
Prisoners sentenced to death by Taiwan. People who were ultimately executed by Taiwan should be placed in Category:People executed by Taiwan. For people of Taiwanese nationality sentenced to death, see Category:Taiwanese prisoners sentenced to death.