文/台灣廢除死刑推動聯盟、民間司法改革基金會、台灣人權促進會、人權公約施行監督聯盟
違反程序正義、違反憲法判決的死刑執行不會讓社會更安全,不會讓人民對政府更信賴,亦不能解決政黨對立,只會讓社會更嗜血、讓人民更厭惡政府及政治現狀。我們強力譴責賴清德政府用死刑執行試圖轉移政治困境。
檢察總長邢泰釗應按憲法判決為死囚提起非常上訴
按憲法法庭113年憲判字第8號判決(下稱「113憲判8」)中,憲法法庭就各該聲請人包含黃麟凱在內之案件已諭知「聲請人得請求檢察總長提起非常上訴」。此一特殊請求權之賦予,使各該原因案件聲請人例外地取得「間接的」非常上訴聲請權,也就是原因案件聲請人得透過刑事訴訟現有的非常上訴途徑「借道」行使其個案救濟權。如果原因案件聲請人之主張,在形式上已符合或滿足特別非常救濟事由時,檢察總長即應為其利益提起非常上訴。而就個案是否符合「情節最嚴重罪行」之部分,檢察總長於個案中並無自創「情節最嚴重罪行」基準進行實質審查之裁量權限。憲法法庭之所以諭知非常上訴作為個案救濟途徑,至少隱含認定原因案件之終局確定判決,因例外溯及而「當然違背法令」,此際,檢察總長即應依113憲判8意旨且無裁量餘地,而應向最高法院提起非常上訴,使最高法院對聲請人案件進行實質審查個案是否符「情節最嚴重罪行」,以保障聲請人之合法權益。
法務部長鄭銘謙應落實憲法法庭的意旨
檢察體系應允許辯護人有足夠時間為剩下的36位死刑犯請求聲請非常上訴,尤其其中至少有邱和順、王信福兩位民間正在救援的冤案,呼籲在檢察總長沒有全盤檢視全部案件之前,法務部長不能執行死刑。
司法體系應實質審理死刑定讞個案特別救濟事由
台灣廢除死刑推動聯盟、民間司法改革基金會、台灣人權促進會、人權公約施行監督聯盟等多個民間團體於2025年1月16日晚間七點三十分,發出「違法執行 無異恣意殺人 民間團體針對法務部再次執行死刑譴責聲明」新聞稿,譴責法務部於113憲判8甫宣判完不到半年,即草率做出執行死刑之決議。黃麟凱案件有判決評議是否為「一致決」之疑義,及判死程序均未經「量刑前社會調查」之程序調查,而存有個案是否符合憲法最嚴密之正當法律程序要求等疑慮。
接著於同日晚間八點三十分,律師團遞交黃麟凱之請求非常上訴狀至法務部及最高檢察署,籲請法務部應依法槍下留人,並同時將回條傳真至台北看守所,以及致電台北看守所稍早已將書狀遞交一事,敬請協助轉告執行檢察官。
律師團隨後再遞交再審聲請狀至台灣高等法院;同時也向憲法法院遞交暫時處分聲請書,請大法官速裁定停止執行法務部長之槍決令。
然而法務部仍一意孤行、違法執行死刑。根據法務部記者會,法務部仍於晚間十點零二分槍決黃麟凱,可謂違法執行。
廢死聯盟與民間團體再次嚴厲表達憤怒與遺憾。明年是兩公約第四次的國際審查,過去三次審查,即使國際專家在結論性意見次次提醒,台灣政府不但執意忽視,還一而再、再而三以執行死刑挑釁國際人權標準,也讓台灣民主人權形象蒙上陰影。歷史不會忘記民進黨政府今日所做的決定。
聲明團體
- 台灣廢除死刑推動聯盟
- 民間司法改革基金會
- 台灣人權促進會
- 人權公約施行監督聯盟
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(Co-Issued by Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty, Judicial Reform Foundation, Taiwan Association for Human Rights, and Covenants Watch)
The execution of the death penalty, which violates procedural justice and Constitutional Court’s Judgment 113 Hsien-Pan-8 (hereinafter referred to as “Constitutional Judgment 8”), has nothing to do with making a safer society, increasing people’s trust in the government, and resolving deadlocks among political parties. It will only make our society more bloodthirsty and the general public more disgusted with the government and political status quo.We strongly condemn the government’s attempt to use the death penalty as a way to divert political attention.
The Attorney General should, according to the Constitutional Judgment, file extraordinary appeals for death row prisoners
According to the Constitutional Judgment 8, the Constitutional Court has informed the applicants (death row prisoners), including Huang Linkai, that “the applicants may request the Attorney General to file an extraordinary appeal.” The granting of this special right of request allows the applicants to obtain an “indirect” extraordinary appeal right as an exception, that is, the applicants may exercise their individual rights to relief through the existing extraordinary appeal channel of criminal proceedings. If the claims of the applicants in the case have procedurally suffice the special extraordinary relief requirements, the Attorney General should file an extraordinary appeal for their interests. As for whether a case meets the criteria of “the most serious crime under the circumstances”, the Attorney General does not have the discretion to decide whether “the most serious crime under the circumstances” standard has been met. The reason why the Constitutional Court recognizes extraordinary appeal as a remedy for individual cases is at least implicit in the determination that the final judgment of the applicant cases are “automatically in contravention of laws and regulations”(當然違背法令) due to retroactive exception. At this moment, the Attorney General should follow the Constitutional Judgment 8 and have no room for discretion, and should file an extraordinary appeal to the Supreme Court, so that the Supreme Court may conduct a substantive review of the applicant’s case to determine whether it meets the criteria for the “most serious crime” in order to protect the applicant’s legitimate rights and interests.
Justice Minister Chung Ming-chiam should abide by the Constitutional Court’s Judgement
The prosecutorial system should allow defense lawyers sufficient time to request extraordinary appeals for the remaining 36 death row inmates – especially considering that at least two of them, Chiu Ho-shun and Wang Hsin-fu were wrongly convicted and are being rescued by CSOs domestically and internationally. We solemnly urge the Minister of Justice not to execute any more death penalty cases before the Prosecutor General has comprehensively reviewed all cases.
The judicial system should substantively review special relief grounds in death penalty conviction cases
Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty, Judicial Reform Foundation, Taiwan Association for Human Rights, and Covenants Watch has jointly issued a press release – 【Unlawful Execution is Inherently Wanton Murder|Civil Society Groups’ solemn condemnation to the death penalty execution by the Ministry of Justice】– at January 16th 2025, 19:30. In the press release we condemned the Ministry of Justice for recklessly executing the death penalty within less than half of an year of the issue date of Constitutional Judgment 8. Huang Linkai’s case remains unexamined about whether his death penalty sentence was made “unanimously”, which is one of the requirements set by the Constitutional Judgment 8. Moreover, his death penalty sentencing has undergone any “presentencing investigation report,” therefore leave critical doubt the case meets the strictest due process requirements of the Constitution.
Quickly following the CSOs’ joint press release, at 8:30 p.m. Huang Linkai’s defence team submitted a formal request for extraordinary appeal to the Ministry of Justice and the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office, urging the Ministry of Justice to stop the execution. At the same time, his defence team faxed the Ministry of Justice’s reply slip to the Taipei Detention Center andmade a phone call to the Taipei Detention Center to inform them that the letter had been submitted and that they should inform the executive prosecutor immediately.
Subsequently, Huang Linkai’s defence team then submitted a petition for retrial to the Taiwan High Court and a petition for temporary measure to the Constitutional Court, asking the Justices to deliver an injunction to Huang Linkai’s execution process.
Regardless, the Ministry of Justice still insisted on performing an unlawful execution and put Huang Linkai to death at 10:02 pm, according to the Ministry of Justice press conference.
Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty and CSOs hereby, once again, express our exasperation and disappointment. Next year marks the fourth international review of ICCPR. In the past three rounds of reviews, despite international experts’ repeated warning, the Taiwanese government not only insisted on ignoring those professional recommendations but has also repeatedly provocatively violate international human rights standards by carrying out death penalty executions. This cast a shadow over Taiwan’s image as a democratic society committed to human rights. History will not forget the decision made today by the DPP government under Lai Ching-te.