Is the Thai legal system good enough to justify death penalty?

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2017

Re: “Thailand moves toward abolishing death penalty”, The Nation, yesterday.

I can’t cite any evidence for Thailand as I don’t even know where to look. However, as a keen reader of news, I have seen several recent cases in the US where people were convicted of a capital offence and then later exonerated, usually by DNA evidence.
If one believes that the death penalty is a reasonable sentence (I don’t), then there has to be 100-per-cent confidence in the legal system. Does anyone here have 100-per-cent confidence in the Thai legal system? I didn’t think so…
Samui Bodoh
Nor in that of any nation on the planet. In the United Kingdom, dozens of people who would have been executed were later found to be not guilty. People who want the death penalty tend to be low 
intelligence specimens who believe the state-sponsored murder of innocents is an acceptable price until of course it’s their family member!
John Richards
Thailand is well and truly surrounded by countries that have the death penalty. Cambodia is one exception while Laos is in transition. Interestingly, the Philippines has no death penalty but President Duterte and his cronies seemingly can execute members of the public at will without trial. He is also attempting to reintroduce the death penalty in the legal system. 
Cadbury
Abolishing the death penalty is a step backward. In Australia each of these criminals costs the country about $110,000 (Bt2.8 million) per year to keep in jail. 
They get a nice room, no bills. They get ice-cream and pizzas. Why are they rewarded for their crime?
Cancerian
The article is about Thailand, Cancerian. I don’t think they get ice cream and pizzas in Bang Kwang Central Prison.
oxo1947 
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