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Title: Taiwan mulls death penalty for drunk driving
Post by: truth_seeker on March 28, 2019, 04:24:41 pm

Taiwan mulls death penalty for drunk driving

AFP•March 28, 2019

Taiwan plans to ramp up punishments for those who cause a fatal accident while drunk driving, including the death penalty for the most egregious cases, sparking an outcry from abolition and rights groups.
The cabinet on Thursday approved a draft amendment to the Criminal Code that would make death by drunk driving an indictable murder offence, potentially punishable by death if the deed is deemed "intentional", officials said.

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https://news.yahoo.com/taiwan-mulls-death-penalty-drunk-driving-084435546.html

Title: Re: Taiwan mulls death penalty for drunk driving
Post by: TomSea on March 28, 2019, 04:34:25 pm

Added "T" to "aiwan", "Taiwan".

Title: Re: Taiwan mulls death penalty for drunk driving
Post by: Hoodat on March 28, 2019, 04:36:49 pm

I bet they never do it again.

Title: Re: Taiwan mulls death penalty for drunk driving
Post by: TomSea on March 28, 2019, 04:38:34 pm

Killing is killing. Too many lenient sentences for killing someone with DWI and other similar situations such as texting. It sounds harsh to say but maybe these people do deserve something like 20 years imprisonment, no chance for early release.

Title: Re: Taiwan mulls death penalty for drunk driving
Post by: Fishrrman on March 28, 2019, 10:41:04 pm

Um...

And the Taiwanese are opposed to re-joining the "totalitarian" regime of mainland China ...?

Title: Re: Taiwan mulls death penalty for drunk driving
Post by: The_Reader_David on April 04, 2019, 12:42:23 am

Whatever one thinks about the death penalty, it has always struck me that those who willfully become intoxicated should be treated, both as a matter of law and a matter of social custom, as if actions they perform as a result of their intoxication were willful.