According to Supreme Court statistics, some 69 criminals were executed during the year 1989 alone compared with 46 during the five-year period from 1984 to 1988.
根據最高法院統計，民國七十三至七十七年，五年當中被執行死刑的犯人共有四十六位，而七十八年一年裡被執行死刑的犯人就有六十九人之多。