To the Judges: Child Killers May Be Capable of Rehabilitation, But Society Has No Need for Their Rehabilitation

This article criticizes Taiwan's judges for frequently citing International Human Rights Covenants' capability for rehabilitation' to sentence child killers to life imprisonment rather than capital punishment, allowing serious offenders chances to return to society. Speaking to judges, the author notes that child killers (such as Wang Jing-yu, Tseng Wen-chin, and Kung Chung-an) have psychological characteristics fundamentally different from ordinary people—their crimes transcend money or emotional motives. The article strongly advocates that even if these criminals might have future rehabilitation potential, society has no need for such rehabilitation, urging judges to stop providing them opportunities for redemption.