Newsletter
2020
Watching the Judicial Reform Foundation Grow: An Interview with Attorney John C. Chen
On JRF's 25th anniversary, we sat down with Attorney John C. Chen, a former judge, co-founder of Formosa Transnational…
2020
Crossing the Unknown, Drawing Closer to Wrongful Convictions: The School-Developed Required Course "The Distance Between Evidence and Truth"
I had known about wrongful convictions since I was young, but influenced by older family members, I used to think that…
2020
The Courage to Confront Controversy: A Hands-On Wrongful Conviction Course in the Biology Classroom
Last summer, the Judicial Reform Foundation (JRF) worked with Lai Hsueh-Hui, a biology teacher at Banqiao Senior High…
2020
A Summer That Stripped Away My Sense of Superiority: Behind JRF's Interactive Instagram Game on Lay Participation in Trials
During JRF's campaign for a dual-track system of lay assessors and juries, the Advocacy Department created the…
2020
The Endless Road to Reintegration ❻: Hsiao-Sun's Story
Hsiao-Sun was not serving a life sentence either. His subsequent conviction arose from an argument with a doctor while…
2020
The Endless Road to Reintegration ❼: Hsiao-Ting's Story
Hsiao-Ting had been serving a life sentence for his earlier offenses and later had his parole revoked after a…
2020
The Endless Road to Reintegration ❸: Hsiao-Chiang's Story
Who could have imagined that lifting a car's windshield wiper to slip in a pornographic flyer could be deemed a…
2020
The Endless Road to Reintegration ❺: Hsiao-Tsai's Story
Hsiao-Tsai was not serving a life sentence for his earlier offenses and originally fell outside the scope of JRF's…
2020
The Endless Road to Reintegration ❶: Hsiao-Ma's Story
Most people in prison live with at least some hope of parole. Hsiao-Ma, however, has come to feel that he has less hope…
