News TSMC Motorcycle Bomber Gets Nine Years in Prison

[Admin]

A court had found a man guilty of making explosives with criminal intent after a bomb went off at TSMC Fab 12 last year.

TSMC Motorcycle Bomber Gets Nine Years in Prison : Read more

 

[Co BIY]

Sounds like this bomber was let off easy.

He'll try to kill again.

Soft Judges are a worldwide menace.

After watching the local news report I predict more bombings. That news piece basically teaches how to build a remote bomb!

 

[Matt_ogu812]

Sounds like this bomber was let off easy.

He'll try to kill again.

Soft Judges are a worldwide menace.

After watching the local news report I predict more bombings. That news piece basically teaches how to build a remote bomb!

This judgment, slap on the wrist, as well as many crimes do favor the criminal.
As you point out not only does it lack making the criminal held fully accountable but it gives new meaning to "Build Back Better" next time.

 

[bit_user]

Sounds like this bomber was let off easy.

He'll try to kill again.

If his goal were to kill Chen, then why did he detonate it early? It sounds to me like he wanted to intimidate Chen by having him see his motorcycle blow up. That seems to be what the judge concluded and therefore why he wasn't convicted of attempted murder.

Given that the sentence wasn't for convicted murder, it doesn't sound unreasonably light, to me. The sentence was for a property crime that also caused injuries and risked more serious injuries. Nine years isn't crazy, for something like that.

Soft Judges are a worldwide menace.

There are many countries with lighter prison sentences than the US and simultaneously lower crime rates. I'm thinking specifically of northern Europe.

Anyway, before you worry too much about their crime rates, you might check where similar east Asian countries are, in the worldwide rankings:

List of countries by intentional homicide rate - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Note that the list is alphabetized. You have to click the Rate column, to sort by that. More importantly, it excludes Taiwan. If we take Hong Kong (2021) as a proxy for Taiwan, their per-capita murder rate is just 4.4% of the US'. Perhaps such a disparity should provoke a touch of humility? Nah.

 

[Co BIY]

If his goal were to kill Chen, then why did he detonate it early? It sounds to me like he wanted to intimidate Chen by having him see his motorcycle blow up. That seems to be what the judge concluded and therefore why he wasn't convicted of attempted murder.

My guess is that he was eager to kill with an "itchy trigger finger", also may have been somewhat difficult to judge distance at his cowardly assassin remote location. I expect trigger to detonation latency was somewhat variable on his bomb design.

I am making no comment on the Taiwanese justice system overall, Seems like I'm in agreement with the local prosecutors in this case.

 

[Co BIY]

Anyway, before you worry too much about their crime rates, you might check where similar east Asian countries are, in the worldwide rankings:

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List of countries by intentional homicide rate - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Note that the list is alphabetized. You have to click the Rate column, to sort by that. More importantly, it excludes Taiwan. If we take Hong Kong (2021) as a proxy for Taiwan, their per-capita murder rate is just 4.4% of the US'. Perhaps such a disparity should provoke a touch of humility? Nah.

I wonder if any Uyghurs are included in those "East Asian" stats.