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

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

Last edited: 2026-08-29

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News

Date Title (Search Platform)
2020/12/2 Chinese Association for Human Rights Announces Top 10 Human-Rights Stories; Passage of the Citizen Judges Act Ranks First (Liberty Times)
2020/12/2 Citizen Judges Act Tops List of 10 Major Human-Rights Stories; Tainan Railway Relocation and CTi News License Cases Also Included (ETtoday)
2020/12/2 International Human Rights Day Approaching: Civil Groups Announce Top 10 Human Rights News (Central News Agency)
2020/12/9 Citizen-Judge Mock Trial of Murder Case Features Testimony from Psychiatrist Expert Witness (United Daily News)
2020/12/9 Shilin District Court Holds Mock Trial on "Depressed Man Slashes Supervisor"; 6 Citizen Judges Highly Engaged in Participatory Trial Experience (Apple Daily)
2020/12/9 Shilin District Court Mock Trial Recreates Fact of the Case; Psychiatrist Personally Explains Evaluation Process (China Times)
2020/12/9 Shilin District Court Mock Trial Hears Company Murder Case; General Manager Selected as Citizen Judge (Central News Agency)
2020/12/9 Shilin District Court Mock Trial Hears Company Murder Case; General Manager Selected as Citizen Judge (TaroNews)
2020/12/10 When the "Dog-Head Guillotine" Becomes Material for Campus Rule-of-Law Education, Even Judge Pao Himself is Shocked (United Daily News)
2020/12/10 When Technology Meets Law: Utilizing Forensic Science to Build a Win-Win Situation (United Daily News)
2020/12/10 Citizen Judge Mock Trial Deliberation Sentences 7 Years and 6 Months, Heavier than Actual Case (United Daily News)
2020/12/10 Shilin District Court Citizen Judge Mock Verdict Half a Year Longer Compared to Real Version (China Times)
2020/12/11 Judicial Reform Shows Results, Judicial Yuan Survey: Over 80% of Lawyers Trust Judges (United Daily News)
2020/12/11 Citizen Judge Mock Trial Opening; Bloody Autopsy Photos Scare Off Selected Participant (Liberty Times)
2020/12/11 Is Judicial Reform Effective? Judicial Yuan: 80% of Lawyers Affirm Its Effectiveness (Liberty Times)
2020/12/11 Miaoli Prosecutors Office Chronicle Published; Minister T'sai Ch'ing-hsiang Recalls Those Years... (Liberty Times)
2020/12/11 Judicial Yuan Survey: Over 80% of Lawyers Trust Judges (Central News Agency)
2020/12/14 Citizen Judges Head to National Taipei University; Mock Trial Hears Neighbor Dispute and Knife Stabbing Case (China Times)
2020/12/16 Marketing Budget Frozen by 5 Million; Ministry of Justice: Definitely Not Government Propaganda (Liberty Times)
2020/12/17 Yunlin District Court Holds Mock Citizen Judge Trial, Trying "Parricide Case" for the First Time with High Challenge (United Daily News)
2020/12/18 "Candidate Citizen Judges" Drawn Today! Yilan District Court Mock Trial to Open Next March (Liberty Times)
2020/12/19 After Electing Citizen Judges: From Oath to Opening Statements (Read Judgments Together)
2020/12/24 Video/ Mock Trial Citizen Judges Try Matricide Case; Psychiatrist Testifies in Court (United Daily News)
2020/12/24 How Would Citizen Judges Rule on "Drunk Man Kills Mother"? New Taipei Mock Trial Invites Psychiatrist to Testify (Apple Daily)
2020/12/24 Citizen Judge Experience in the Performing Arts Circle; Mock Trial "Long-Term Care Murder Case" (China Times)
2020/12/24 Taipei District Court Holds "Strolling Around the Court" Event to Introduce New citizen-judge system (Central News Agency)
2020/12/24 Nearly 70 Performing Arts Professionals Participate to Experience Citizen Judge Mock Trial (Central News Agency)
2020/12/24 Nearly 70 Performing Arts Professionals Participate to Experience Citizen Judge Mock Trial (TaroNews)

Editorials

Date Author Title (Search Platform)
2020/12/1 Lin Chih-Chieh Fire Net Commentary: Death Penalty Ruling for Child Killing Stirs Controversy; Sentencing Tests Justice (Apple Daily)
2020/12/7 Wu Ching-Chin Wu Ching-ch'in / Issues in the Selection and Appointment of Citizen Judges (ETtoday)
2020/12/11 Chiang Jung-hsiang, Kuo Hao-Jen, Hu Ei-Chi Do Polling Methods Make Judicial Satisfaction?! (Apple Daily)
2020/12/15 Sun Chien-Chih Do Not Step into False Antagonisms Between Rights (Apple Daily)
2020/12/20 Read Judgments Together After Electing Citizen Judges: From Oath to Opening Statements (Apple Daily)

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