RANDOMLY SELECTED: National judges must be Republic of China citizens, aged at least 23 and have been a resident within a court’s jurisdiction for at least four months
Taipei Times
Date: Jul 23, 2020
By: Sean Lin / Staff reporter
From left, Judicial Yuan Secretary-General Lin Hui-huang, Judicial Yuan President Hsu Tzong-li and Criminal Chamber President Peng Shing-ming pose for a photograph at a news conference in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: CNA
The act mandates that lay judges, termed “national judges” in the act, take part in the review of cases of crimes warranting a prison term of at least 10 years or premeditated crimes that resulted in death.
Three career judges and six national judges would form the collegiate bench for the reviews, the act states.
A guilty verdict would require the consent of career and national judges, and at least two-thirds of all of the members of the bench — otherwise, the bench should acquit or rule in favor of the defendant, it states. [FULL STORY]
