"A disaster for abolitionists."

A conversation with Cheng-Yi Huang on the Constitutional Court's Decision to Uphold the Death Penalty; plus, a video and an urgent petition for dual citizenship

Dear readers,

Sorry for being out of touch for a bit: our (no-longer) Baby P. was struck down by a case of enterovirus, and her daycare requires her to stay home for seven days, which means no childcare. Meanwhile, Michelle has been dealing with a series of nasty infections, making it a struggle to keep up with our work.

The Constitutional Court ruling on September 20, 2024. Photo from The Reporter.

On Friday, Taiwan’s Constitutional Court released its decision on the death penalty hearing. Long-time readers will know that we've been closely following this court case. For those interested, we recapped the court hearing in May and interviewed Chuanfen Chang and Hsinyi Lin, advocates for death penalty abolition, back in April. We wrote an article on sensationalism and the death penalty, which was published and reprinted in Chinese. 

Cards on the table: we’re unabashedly on the side of abolition, and after the conversations in April and May with activists, we were cautiously optimistic abou…