INTERVIEW: Jury system backer outlines case against lay judgesTaiwan Jury Association founding chairman Jerry Cheng in an interview with ‘Taipei Times’ reporter Huang Tai-lin expounded on his belief that a jury system is a better remedy than the government’s proposed lay judge model to eradicate the judicial maladies that have plagued the nation’s judiciaryTaipei Times: Why do you believe Taiwan must push for a jury system? While it is no panacea, I believe a jury system could be a solution to most of the problems. However, after the employment of the lay judge system, the issue has not been solved. It adopted the jury system in 1845, but Article 46 of [Beijing’s recent] national security legislation removes the jury system, because the existence of juries means that authorities cannot employ heavy-handed means and beleaguer political opponents. TT: Be it a jury system or a lay judge model, do you think the nation’s judiciary is ready for public participation in trials?

Source: Taipei Times July 19, 2020 15:56 UTC