Taiwan
2026
STATUSRetentionist
EXECUTIONS 20260
SENTENCES3
- GOVERNMENT
- semi-presidential republic
- CONSTITUTION
- December 25, 1947, amended several times, last in 2005
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- is based on civil law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, Legislative Yuan
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Judicial Yuan, with judges appointed by the President for nine years with the consent of the National Assembly
RELIGIONS
Confucian and Buddhist majorities; Protestant and Catholic minorities
From the country
FEBRUARY 17, 2026TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: FEMALE DRIVER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING POLICE STATION CHIEF
A female motorist who fatally dragged the head of a police station to his death while trying to evade a roadside check in 2024 was sentenced to death by the New Taipei District Court on February 11, 2026.
- JANUARY 29, 2026TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN: HIGH COURT OVERTURNS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MALAYSIAN STUDENT'S KILLER
The Taiwan High Court Kaohsiung Branch on January 29, 2026 resentenced Liang Yu-chih to life imprisonment for the 2020 rape and murder of a Malaysian university student, overturning a previous death sentence after a court-ordered retrial.
JANUARY 14, 2026TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR MAN CONVICTED OF KILLING NEIGHBORS
The High Court's Kaohsiung branch on January 14, 2026 upheld the death sentence of a man convicted of fatally stabbing his upstairs neighbors for allegedly making excessive noise.