撰寫《台灣死刑判決報告》二三事

Notes on the Death Penalty Sentencing Report for Taiwan

於本文中，筆者就台灣廢除死刑推動聯盟於2015年冬天所發表的《台灣死刑判決報告：75位死刑犯判決綜合分析》之撰寫背景、寫作經過及重要發現做若干說明。其中，將先從廢死聯盟的個案工作推動談起，後陸續就報告的撰寫動機、前置準備工作包括舉辦死刑判決工作坊及籌組死刑判決小組等為介紹。文末則就報告之主要發現提出若干建議諸如：1.停止死刑執行；2.死刑判決不只要符合公平審判的低標，更應該成為模範判決；3.死刑判處應採一致決；4.落實死刑全辯護制度；5.違反公約應成為特別救濟事由；6.證物保存規定的立即檢討；7.公開死刑相關資料，並鼓勵更多學者專家加入研究行列等。同時，也期待該報告能引發相關領域有更進一步的研究及討論，以理解台灣死刑判決之作成及其主要問題點。

This article details the background of The Death Penalty Sentencing Report for Taiwan and discusses a series of important discoveries made about the report. For the purpose of this article, a working group discussion with Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty (TAEDP) was undertaken. The article gives the reasons for writing the article, what preparations were made in advance (including establishing a workshop and a small working group on death penalty sentencing) and what difficulties and obstacles were encountered during the writing process. In the closing section of the report, the writer sets forth the results of the research and offers the following suggestions: 1. The implementation of the death penalty ought to be stopped. 2. Sentences ought to completely respect the verdict of the courts. 3. Death penalty sentences, without exception, must be agreed on by all judges in order to be delivered. 4. A lawyer must be present with the defendant through all stages of the case - from initial investigation to the court room. 5. Death penalty cases that violate the ICCPR should be open to special considerations. 6. Laws to protect and conserve evidence should be immediately examined and new laws should be established if required. 7. The government ought to make public information related to death penalty cases public and encourage more specialist research into the matter.