Scheduled to die at 9pm, Huang Lin-kai (黃麟凱) was instead executed at 10pm on Jan. 16. The media put the story in their news cycle and fanned it into a firestorm, repeating the gory details over and ...

On whether the death penalty excessively violates the “right to life,” the judgement establishes two standards: Given the severity of the punishment, the death penalty should only be used in the most ...