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Capital punishment in Thailand is a legal penalty, and the country is, as of 2021, one of 54 nations to retain capital punishment both in legislation and in practice. Of the 10 ASEAN nations, only Cambodia and the Philippines have outlawed it, though Laos and Brunei have not conducted executions for decades.[1]
Thailand retains the death penalty, but carries it out only sporadically. Since 1935, Thailand has executed 326 people, 319 by shooting (the latest on 11 December 2002), and 7 by lethal injection (the latest on 18 June 2018). As of March 2018, 510 people are on death row.[2] As of October 2019, 59 are women and 58 are for drug-related crimes.[3]: 31 Bang Khwang Central Prison contains the nation's primary death row, but death rows are present for both men and women in provincial prisons.[1]
Thai law permits the imposition of a death sentence for 35 crimes, including treason, murder, and drug trafficking.[4]
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- ^ "Death penalty 'here to stay'". Bangkok Post. 20 June 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
- ^ Flawed Models; Implementation of international standards in Thailand's 'model' prisons for women (PDF). Paris: International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH). December 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
- ^ "Thailand". Hands Off Cain. Retrieved 2018-09-09.