Should Death Penalty be abolished in Thailand?
Until today, Thailand still executes capital punishment against criminals. The 2017 report by Amnesty International reveals that Thailand is among the 58 countries that retain execution of death penalty (Amensty International). Although capital punishment is legal in Thailand, it is rarely exercised. But, should the death penalty get abolished in Thailand? For Thailand, it is time to abolish capital punishment. This paper argues that death penalty in Thailand should get abolished on the premise of defending human rights and values in the country.
As capital punishment is a violation of human rights, Amnesty International affirms that this lethal execution is an ultimate cruel, degrading, and inhuman punishment. The death penalty execution is an act of brutality that devalues and dehumanizes the society’s worth and values upon human life (Asia 6). As reported by Amnesty International, the death penalty is a cruel punishment that entail cruelty of being forced to await death row and contemplating the execution’s prospect. Criminal justice systems in Thailand have been vulnerable to error and discrimination. However, capital punishment is not revocable; once it is executed it cannot get reversed. Being party to Article 10 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), Thailand affirms that the main objective of penitentiary systems is social rehabilitation….Continue Reading….