Smuggling drugs anywhere is dumb, irrespective of what country it is, and when caught you should suffer the consequences of your stupidity and not expect a sunny holiday with all the trimmings.
Although I fell extremely sorry for her loss, he was killed in Israel - not Thailand plus it seems she will receive ongoing compensation by the Israeli government - she should think herself lucky as it's probably a lot more than she would get from the Thai government had he been killed here.