FRIDAY, March 29, 2024
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Shed tears for those deserving

Shed tears for those deserving

Since the date of the last state execution, August 24, 2009, some four and a half million Thais have died from accidents and natural causes.

Of these, more than 99 per cent were nice, smiley Thais who helped make the country the delightful place it is. This week, one not-very-nice murderer, who stabbed his victim 24 times even while the victim was trying to escape, has been executed after due judicial process, and the non-elected globalist bleeding hearts – Amnesty International, UNHRC and even the EU – are out in force, poking their unwanted noses in Thai affairs. Who do these people think they are?
Surveys over the years have shown that 82 to 96 per cent of Thai people support the death penalty and I am solidly behind them. I will shed tears for “disappeared” activists, dead black leopards, and marine life tangled in nets with bellies full of plastic, thank you very much.
Nigel Pike

Only the poor are punished

Does anyone think a rich or well-connected defendant will get the death penalty?
Capital punishment is used almost exclusively against poor people. And poor people do not get adequate representation in court. Nor do they get the same justice as the rich. Finally, are you happy that the Thai justice system, with its world-renowned reputation for fairness and justice, can sentence people to death?
When, not if, the first innocent person goes down, what are you going to say?
Samui Bodoh

So they end the moratorium that’s been in place since 2009 just like that. A bit strange. I missed the debate that initiated this change in policy. Wonder who, exactly, decided this would be a good idea. And why did they choose this guy? Not saying his crime wasn’t heinous, but there must be a few on death row more deserving, I would imagine.
Nausea

The executed man was only 20 when he killed. Was the murder premeditated? No, it wasn’t. Was the murder even intentional? It happened during a robbery, so it was manslaughter. What would the verdict be, for example, in Australia?
Then, why wait for six years to execute?
Maximilian
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