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Process exists for special pardon of death row inmates: minister

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January 10, 2013, 12:04 am TWN

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TAIPEI -- Justice Minister Tseng Yung-fu said yesterday that a system is in place in Taiwan to handle special pardons for death row inmates, amid questions over whether the issue was properly addressed before the execution of six people on Dec. 21.

Briefing a legislative committee on human rights issues, Tseng said that when a death row inmate requests a special pardon, it is sent to the Presidential Office.

If the special pardon is then granted, the office notifies the ministry to take the necessary action, Tseng told lawmakers.

The ministry has not received any notification of a special pardon since resuming executions in 2010, however, and it had to execute six death row inmates last month according to the law, Tseng said.

Opposition Democratic Progressive Party Legislators Tuan Yi-kang and Yu Mei-nu said that under two United Nations human rights covenants, enacted by Taiwan in 2009, death row inmates have the right to ask for a special pardon or a commutation of their sentence.

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January 10, 2013 carlostpe24@

Is there any humanitarian soul who would like to pardon Tseng Wen-Chin-sentenced to death,the killer of 10-year old boy surnamed Fang, who was murdered in a video arcade in Tainan in December ?His stance on the death penalty and un-repentance have won him many enemies and haters. At least 70% of people here wouldn’t.

January 11, 2013 ddeldredge@

Give him what he gave the ten year old boy.

January 14, 2013 johnny.brian@

Why not send these so-called UN human rights, activists and DPP politicians to spend a day to a week with these dead row inmates or convicts. It is unimaginable terror to spend time with these prisoners even for an hour, coz you never feel safe and know what will happen next. I do not want anybody to die or experience terrible consequence of life.

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