Council of Grand Justices rules therapy for sex offenders ‘mostly constitutional’Staff writer, with CNAThe Council of Grand Justices on Thursday declared that laws allowing convicted sex offenders to be held in a designated facility for therapy after completing their sentence are “mostly constitutional.”However, the council ruled it “unconstitutional” that convicted sex offenders are not given an opportunity to express their opinion before holding them for potentially indefinite treatment. From left: Judicial Yuan Vice President Tsai Jeong-duen, Judicial Yuan President Hsu Tzong-li and Grand Justice Huang Horng-shya preside at the Council of Grand Justices on Thursday, as the council issued Constitutional Interpretation No. The council made the constitutional interpretation after four petitioners asked it to rule on the constitutionality of holding sex offenders for mandatory therapy after the end of their prison term. While the laws specify that offenders held at therapy facilities must be evaluated annually to determine their progress, they do not set a maximum length for the therapy, meaning that they can in principle be held indefinitely. About 60 sex offenders are currently receiving therapy, it said.

Source: Taipei Times January 01, 2021 15:56 UTC