Chon Buri killings revive Thailand death penalty debate

I'm just as interested in justice for the Thai family who was taken from their home and subjected to God knows what kind of horrors before meeting a terrible end. That's the question on the mind of Thais when this discussion comes up. Why would rank and file Thais care what international bodies opine on?

A lifetime in a Thai prison or put to death.

Execution is the easy way out.

They stone women to death for cheating in some Middle East and African countries, why not do this here for this type of crime, which is something that should be punished eye for and eye, unlike cheating, which should be the other party leave and gets everything, including the children? If they're subjected to the same punishment they gave those kids, they would feel the pain before being sent to hell, and others would see what happens when you kill innocent children.

6 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

They stone women to death for cheating in some Middle East and African countries, why not do this here for this type of crime, which is something that should be punished eye for and eye, unlike cheating, which should be the other party leave and gets everything, including the children? If they're subjected to the same punishment they gave those kids, they would feel the pain before being sent to hell, and others would see what happens when you kill innocent children.

Are you advocating for a type of Sharia law?

1 hour ago, FlorC said:

A lifetime in a Thai prison or put to death.

Execution is the easy way out.

What would really be justice is to find a loophole to turn them over to the Russians and let them spend however long they survive in the coldest, darkest Siberian gulag. Much harsher than even the worst Thai prison.

Sadly, with the new revelation of the murdered Thai family plus it seems, many others, this will never happen.

5 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

Are you advocating for a type of Sharia law?

The punishment fits the crime would be easier on citizen wallets, as the killers would get immediate punishment, saving taxpayers money, without spending decades in jail or being released for saying they're sorry. Any type of extermination would work, from hanging, firing squad, lethal injection, stoning or baseball bats, in full view of the public.

While death sentences are relatively common in Thailand, actual executions are extremely rare. However, I believe this is likely the case, as the damage to Thailand's reputation as a safe destination has been massive.

This is amnesty international data of 2025

Amnesty said 429 people remained under sentence of death in Thailand at the end of the year, including 53 women and seven foreign nationals. Of those, 313 were convicted of drug-related offences. Nearly all women on death row — 52 out of 53 — were jailed on narcotics charges. Despite courts continuing to hand down death sentences, executions remain rare in Thailand, with many death sentences eventually commuted to life imprisonment through appeals and royal clemency procedures.

26 minutes ago, aluc said:

While death sentences are relatively common in Thailand, actual executions are extremely rare. However, I believe this is likely the case, as the damage to Thailand's reputation as a safe destination has been massive.

This is amnesty international data of 2025

Amnesty said 429 people remained under sentence of death in Thailand at the end of the year, including 53 women and seven foreign nationals. Of those, 313 were convicted of drug-related offences. Nearly all women on death row — 52 out of 53 — were jailed on narcotics charges. Despite courts continuing to hand down death sentences, executions remain rare in Thailand, with many death sentences eventually commuted to life imprisonment through appeals and royal clemency procedures.

That is the saddest thing... The murders can get royal clemency or even shorten sentences in appeals, but the family of the victims have a life sentence already.... Why should the community have to pay for guarding, and costs for appeals, food and drinks, and even medical care for them??? Cheapest way is to get rid of them

Public horror resulting in blood-lust for revenge is not enough to take a person’s life.

We presume the police, judges, prison guards and superintendent are Buddhists. As will be the executioners.

Do they not follow the Buddha’s first precept?

These men, who have admitted guilt for the most heinous of murders presumably without coercion, deserve to be separated from human society…forever.

But their murders don’t mean we should have their blood on our hands.

Do we want to be in the same class as Iran or America or China? A lot of replies equated execution with saving money on imprisonment. China is reputed to make families pay for the single bullet used to execute their loved one. No matter how monstrous, can you really put a monetary value on human life? Who gave you that right?