‘PEOPLE’S WISDOM’: The citizen judge system is ‘fake reform,’ an advocate said, adding that in simulated court sessions the judge berated citizen judges
Taipei Times
Date: Mar 27, 2018
By: Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
Members of the Taiwan Jury Association, along with members of judicial reform advocacy
Members of the Taiwan Jury Association and other groups advocating judicial reform yesterday wave banners outside the Judicial Yuan building in Taipei to promote a planned march for judicial reform on May 5. Photo: Liu Hsin-de, Taipei Times
groups, yesterday gathered in front of the Judicial Yuan building, urging the public to join a march on May 5 to demand the implementation of the jury system in Taiwan.
The National Congress on Judicial Reform between November 2016 and August last year gathered experts to discuss whether a jury system or lay assessor system would be more suitable as a civic participation system for Taiwan, but they did not reach a consensus.
The government later decided to establish a citizen judge system and proposed a draft act in November last year. [FULL STORY]
