Taiwan murder convict walks free after decade on death row

October 26, 2017 6:07 PM

TAIPEI (AFP) – A Taiwanese man who spent more than a decade on death row walked free Thursday (Oct 26) after being acquitted of murder in a retrial, boosting calls for the abolition of capital punishment.

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