... Hsi-Chih Trio death penalty case. © 2009 By the Regents of the University of California democratic civil society Taiwan death penalty judicial reform public accountability THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF DEMOCRATIC CIVIL SOCIETY IN TAIWAN A Case Study of NGOs Working on the Hsi-Chih Trio...

...Susan Trevaskes This paper examines a recent debate at the highest level of China's politicolegal leadership on the application of the death penalty. The debate centers around the interpretation of a new criminal justice policy called “balancing leniency and severity” and around limiting the death...