Taiwan’s New Citizen Judge System on Trial

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By TaiwanPlus News

Several verdicts later, the jury is still out on whether Taiwan’s citizen judge system is working as intended. Criticisms include restrictions on the length of trial deliberations and favoring confidentiality over transparency. On this episode of Zoom In Zoom Out, TaiwanPlus speaks with National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University law professor Chin Mong-hwa, who specializes on lay participation in courts. We discuss the systemic challenges in Taiwan’s judiciary and the public’s historical distrust towards its justice system.