"It takes guts not to execute someone"
On sensationalistic news, violent crime, and the death penalty in Taiwan. Also: Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!
Hello readers! Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! We’ve been stuffed with mooncakes, although sadly we haven’t been able to make it to any barbecue. (As our friend Sarah informed us, the barbecue apparently originated as a marketing ploy from a BBQ sauce company.)
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Apologies for being out of touch. We’ve been working on this piece since it broke two weeks ago, but the sensationalism of the news got us too depressed to write.
A recap: on August 22, two police officers near Tainan, a major city in southern Taiwan, stopped a man suspected of stealing a motorcycle. When confronted, the suspect resisted arrest, stabbed both officers multiple times, and stole one of their guns. Both officers died en route to the hospital. A nationwide manhunt ensued. Police initially issued an arrest warrant for a man named Chen, who turned himself in to prove his i…
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