NOT FAR ENOUGHA 20-year expiry on the statute of limitations in murder cases is too short, lawmakers said, adding that families live without justice while perpetrators are free
Taipei Times
Date: Dec 02, 2016
By: Jason Pan / Staff reporter
Members of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) caucus yesterday announced that they would push
From left, Democratic Progressive Party legislators Tsai Yi-yu, Wang Ding-yu, Liu Shih-fang yesterday attend a news conference in Taipei on removing the statute of limitations on murder cases and major economic crimes. Photo: Chien Jung-fong, Taipei Times
for a major amendment to the Criminal Code to remove the statute of limitations on murder cases and fugitives of major economic crimes, to close legal loopholes so victims and their families can have hope that justice will be done.
DPP legislators Wang Ding-yu (王定宇), Liu Shih-fang (劉世芳) and Tsai Yi-yu (蔡易餘) said they would introduce the bill in the coming legislative session.
“The judiciary should not close unsolved cases after 20 years, as the perpetrators are still at large and victims are denied justice. We have seen too many unsolved murder cases. Our society cannot accept this and we will strive to rectify such injustice,” Wang said yesterday at a news conference in Taipei.
The legislators’ endeavor came after calls for the judiciary to renew investigations into several high-profile cases which could be terminated by prosecutors as their 20-year statute of limitations runs out in weeks. [FULL STORY]
