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Taiwan retains death penalty but limits use
A Taiwanese court decided on Sept. 20 to retain capital punishment, but ruled its application should be "limited to special and exceptional circumstances."
Taiwan has carried out 35 executions since a moratorium on capital punishment was lifted in 2010, with the latest, that of a 53-year-old man convicted for setting a fire that killed his family, occurring in April 2020.
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