“From the Presidential Office to the Judicial Yuan and DPP legislators, these government leaders are digging in, rigid in their hardline stance against judicial reform measures. They just want to ... get the procedure over with, while excluding the jury system, which is favored by a majority of society,” he added. Members of the Judicial Reform Foundation in Taipei yesterday protest against the government’s proposed lay judge system. “Our poll showed that only 8 percent favor the Judicial Yuan’s proposed bill to conduct criminal trials using the lay judge system,” Cheng said. “Yes, that is true, but it is much easier to bribe and influence a ruling in the lay judge system,” he said.

Source: Taipei Times July 06, 2020 15:56 UTC