However, it's still a matter of public debate whether the death penalty is an appropriate punishment for driving under the influence.

但公家对是否应对酒后驾车者处以死刑仍存在争论。

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The BBC's Cindy Sui, in Taipei, says the executions come at a time of inflamed public debate about the death penalty following the death of a boy in a video arcade.

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Even the laws introducing abortion in 1974, and the abolition of the death penalty in 1981, required fewer hours of debate in parliament and proved less contentious.

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After weeks of debate, the state House restored the death penalty by a razor-thin margin: two votes.

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