This purpose of this study to understand what the reality of judicial deliberation in district courts is in Taiwan. The data in this study mainly came from the interviews of six judges in districts courts. There are several important findings in this paper. First, Training Institute for Judges and Prosecutors did not teach judges how to do judicial deliberation and what the related regulations are. Second, some panels may not really do judicial deliberation. Third, in some cases section chief judges have more power than the other two judges because they have power to evaluate the other judges in the same section. Puisne judge may have much less power in the panels because of unequal power relationship and information asymmetry. Fourth, judicial stratification may affect judicial independence during judicial deliberation. Finally, almost all interviewees agreed that judges should have a right to issue dissents.