As people took up the trio's cause, the attorney general at the time, Chen Han-tseng, filed two extraordinary appeals. Additionally, several ministers of justice, including Ma Ying-jeou during his term in the position, refused to sign execution orders for them and the case has lingered to this day.
在聲援者奔走下，時任檢察總長的陳涵曾 2 度提出非常上訴；此後，包括馬英九在內的多任法務部長，皆拒絕簽署執行死刑的命令，終爾纏訟至今。