Members of the Taiwan Constitutional Court holding a press conference after a ruling on the constitutionality of the death penalty. - PHOTO: REUTERS
TAIPEI (AFP): A Taiwan court decided on Friday to retain capital punishment, but ruled its application should be "limited to special and exceptional circumstances".
Democratic Taiwan has carried out 35 executions since a moratorium on capital punishment was lifted in 2010, with the latest -- that of a 53-year-old man convicted for setting a fire that killed his family -- occurring in April 2020.
