Follow the law please, Mr. Prosecutor!

Today I saw a Taiwan News on TV saying that the Taipei District Attorney is going to investigate about "王羽二十年前謀殺許信良事件." The spokesman states that even though the whole thing is beyond 追溯年限, they still have to investigate the whole thing and find out the truth.

It sounded so right with sense of justice at first, but then a question bubble started to rise in my mind. This DA is actually violating the law. There are several issues:

1. If this one becomes an example, shouldn't we find out similar cases for all the cases and trace them back to 100 years ago?
2. If #1 is not the case, then this DA is treating all the cases not equally but selectively, hurting this DA's reputation (even though it is quite bad already.)
3. The law 追溯年限 was established for a reason. Not honoring law is not only a contempt to the justice system but also a waste to tax-payer's money.

If I were a tax-payer in Taiwan, I should be able to sue this DA office because this office is wasting my tax money pursuing something that is apprently breaking the law. But I doubt if people watching the news really think it over from legal system's point of view.

唉...