Citizen Judges Act - News and Editorial Roundup (November 2020)

Citizen Judges Act - News and Editorial Roundup (November 2020)

Last edited: 2026-08-29

Taiwan Association for Judicial Reform

News

Date Title (Retrieved from Platform)
2020/11/2 Civil Groups Question Judicial Yuan's Heavy Spending: Judicial Reform Has Not Moved an Inch (United Daily News)
2020/11/2 Judicial Yuan to Spend NT$120 Million Promoting Citizen Judges; Civil Groups Condemn "Money-Dumping" Publicity (Liberty Times)
2020/11/2 Judicial Yuan Budgets Over NT$100 Million to Promote Citizen Judges; Civil Groups Criticize Heavy Spending (Central News Agency)
2020/11/3 [Press Advisory] Citizen Judges: Is the Government Ready? (Civil Media)
2020/11/4 Civil Society Coalition for Monitoring the Citizen Judges Act Established, Calls for Open Participation and Other Reforms (United Daily News)
2020/11/4 Disciplinary Court President handover, Hsieh Tsung-hsueh expresses hope for lay participation: making the judiciary more transparent (United Daily News)
2020/11/4 "Citizen Judge" promotion budget reaches NT$120 million; civil groups call on Judicial Yuan to be open and transparent (United Daily News)
2020/11/4 Civil monitoring coalition established, calls for greater transparency in the Citizen Judges Act (United Daily News)
2020/11/4 Disciplinary Court President handover, Hsieh Tsung-hsueh hopes for steady operation of citizen judge and professional judges (ETtoday)
2020/11/4 Citizen Judges Act to take effect in 2023, civil groups establish citizen monitoring coalition (Central News Agency)
2020/11/9 Surging Citizen Judge promotion budget questioned by ruling and opposition parties; DPP legislator: Do 70-year-olds play mobile games? (United Daily News)
2020/11/9 Two confidential advisors of the Judicial Yuan are lawyers from Ku Li-hsiung's firm; legislators demand public disclosure of data (United Daily News)
2020/11/9 Judicial Yuan recruits personnel from Formosa Transnational Attorneys-at-Law; Lee Kuei-min: Will all cases from Formosa Transnational win in the future? (China Times)
2020/11/9 Judicial Yuan lavishly spends NT$120 million to promote the "Citizen Judges Act"; DPP legislator: Don't hand money over to PR companies again (China Times)
2020/11/9 Delinquent youths "growing worse through repeated detentions", single mothers seeking help in court to no avail: A frontline judge points out where the problem of "poverty dilemmas" lies (The Storm Media)
2020/11/9 KMT legislator exposes: Judicial Yuan sharply increases budget by NT$180 million for social media editors, table games, and VR to be paid for by all citizens (ETtoday)
2020/11/10 NT$120 million for Citizen Judge promotion questioned by ruling and opposition parties (United Daily News)
2020/11/10 Spending NT$170 million on promotion criticized, Judicial Yuan states it is executed in accordance with the law (China Times)
2020/11/13 Male professor stabs sister with schizophrenia; citizen judges vote 5 to 4 to sentence him to 1 year for injury (United Daily News)
2020/11/13 Psychiatrists act as citizen judges; Taoyuan Psychiatric Center holds first mock trial (United Daily News)
2020/11/13 Judicial Yuan promotes Citizen Judges, psychiatrists act as judges in mock trial (Central News Agency)
2020/11/13 Judicial Yuan promotes Citizen Judges, psychiatrists act as judges in mock trial (TaroNews)
2020/11/14 《Taoyuan》Psychiatrists act as citizen judges; mock trial is highly realistic (Liberty Times)
2020/11/14 Lay judges take the stage, mock trial convenes (China Times)
2020/11/17 How to sentence a defendant who killed their mother and has a mental disorder? New Taipei District Court has citizen judges brainstorm (Apple Daily)
2020/11/17 Where to find "Citizen Judge" event information? Judicial Yuan launches intuitive calendar search (Liberty Times)
2020/11/18 Former borough warden acquitted of vote-buying angrily scolds prosecutor: Selective prosecution! (China Times)
2020/11/19 Citizen Judges Act to go live in 2023, Ministry of Education invites judges for promotion (United Daily News)
2020/11/19 Preparing for the launch of the "Citizen Judges Act", New Taipei District Court holds mock trial today (Liberty Times)
2020/11/19 Died from having 20 teeth pulled at once? Physician's analysis: Don't shoot from the hip without knowledge of anesthesia (Liberty Times)
2020/11/19 New Taipei District Court citizen judge mock trial discusses matricide mental disorder case (China Times)
2020/11/19 Citizen Judges Act to go live in 2023, Ministry of Education invites judges for promotion (Central News Agency)
2020/11/20 CPBL / Prosecutors' Office holds court "boot camp", Wei Chuan Dragons prepare for upcoming year in first-team (United Daily News)
2020/11/20 CPBL / Wei Chuan Dragons autumn camp holds first rule-of-law education, Yunlin District Prosecutors' Office analyzes gambling cases (ETtoday)
2020/11/20 Wei Chuan Dragons autumn camp holds first rule-of-law education, Yunlin District Prosecutors' Office "legal coaching staff" strikes strong hits (ETtoday)
2020/11/23 Legislator points out public grievance over concurrent sentencing rules, comparing it to department store shopping discounts (Central News Agency)
2020/11/24 Kaohsiung District Court holds first citizen judge mock trial drill, presiding judge: Inquiries into non-case privacy are not permitted (Liberty Times)
2020/11/24 Urging stellar prosecutors back to the frontline, Tsai Ching-hsiang drops the title of assistant prosecutor-general (The Storm Media)
2020/11/24 [Press Advisory]What is a citizen judge? Open mock trials are the best promotion! (Civil Media)
2020/11/25 Implementation of Citizen Judges Act, Citizen Monitoring Coalition calls for encouraging public groups to organize observation teams (United Daily News)
2020/11/25 Lay judges to be implemented, civil groups call on mock trials to establish procedures and be published online (Liberty Times)
2020/11/25 Hsieh Tsung-hsueh wants judges' mindset to "step out of the courthouse" and listen to diverse social opinions (China Times)
2020/11/25 Citizen Judges Act to go live in 2023, public calls for local mock trials to be public and operational procedures standardized (China Times)
2020/11/25 Hsieh Tsung-hsueh: Judges' mindset must step out of the courthouse and listen to society's diverse opinions (Central News Agency)
2020/11/25 Mock trial regulations inconsistent, civil groups call on Judicial Yuan to formulate SOPs (Central News Agency)
2020/11/26 KMT releases latest poll: 90% oppose abolishing the death penalty, nearly 60% lack confidence in Taiwan's judiciary (China Times)
2020/11/27 If a citizen judge tries a single mother killing her children case, will they be influenced by public opinion? (United Daily News)
2020/11/27 Chimney cremation, Lord Guan's night patrol? Come check out Judicial Yuan urban legends on the 28th (United Daily News)
2020/11/27 Yu Po-hsiang: Institutionalization becomes stumbling block for judicial reform (Liberty Times)
2020/11/27 Opening the Judicial Yuan: Historic building opened to the public for the first time (China Times)
2020/11/28 Judicial Yuan opened for public visits for the first time in 86 years since completion; Grand Justices use calligraphy brushes to sign in for meetings (United Daily News)
2020/11/28 Judicial Yuan opens to public visits for the first time to witness judicial reform (United Daily News)
2020/11/28 Video/Opening the Judicial Yuan! Open for visits in the afternoon and illuminated at night, the President welcomes the public (United Daily News)
2020/11/28 "Opening the Judicial Yuan" first time open for public free visits, Hsieh Tsung-hsueh personally opens the doors for you (Apple Daily)
2020/11/28 2,000 people line up to "Open the Judicial Yuan", female literary youth: A rare opportunity (Apple Daily)
2020/11/28 Judicial Building opened for the first time in nearly 90 years drawing 2,294 people, court emblem becomes popular check-in spot [Video] (Central News Agency)

Editorials

Date Author Title (Retrieved from Platform)
2020/11/1 × Apple Daily Editorial: The Judicial Yuan should confront the "formula for reducing sentences for the privileged and wealthy" (Apple Daily)
2020/11/5 Lü Pêng-jên Opinion Submission: Playing internet influencer with a solemn and majestic judiciary really doesn't fit (The Storm Media)
2020/11/10 Wu Hsin-Ying Are "young" and "female" wrong? Gender bias in judicial professions hidden within the classroom (United Daily News)
2020/11/14 Chen Shu-ên Ch'en Shu-ên Perspective: Can reforming the judiciary rely on social media editors running advertisements? (The Storm Media)
2020/11/25 Kan Hsien-Chi After the passage of the Citizen Judges Act, who speaks for the "missing victim" in the lay participation procedure? (United Daily News)
2020/11/26 Chen Shu-ên Fong-Tung Trends: Ch'en Shu-ên » Judicial advertising is using a cannon to shoot a sparrow (China Times)
2020/11/27 Wu Ching-Chin Will a trial be different with citizen judges? (Apple Daily)
2020/11/27 Chen Shu-ên Chen Shu-ên Perspective: Judicial advertising-a cannon that can't hit a sparrow? (The Storm Media)
2020/11/27 Wu Ching-Chin Wu Ching-Chin / [Single mother strangles children to death and is sentenced to death] Whether or not to sentence to death is a judicial black hole (ETtoday)
2020/11/28 Lin Chih-Chun Lawyer K's Arguments | Looking at citizen judges through the case of a single mother strangling her children to death: Will they be influenced by internet trends in the future? (Apple Daily)
2020/11/29 Hu Chia-Jui Liberty Plaza » Discussing citizen judges after visiting criminal court three times (Liberty Times)
2020/11/30 Lin Chih-Chieh Cross-Fire Commentary: Death sentence for killing child stirs waves; sentencing tests the judiciary (Apple Daily)

This article is an AI-generated translation of the original Chinese text. In the event of any discrepancy, the Chinese version shall prevail.

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