Supreme Court upholds death sentence for Mayor Tai

[webfact]

Supreme Court upholds death sentence for Mayor Tai



BANGKOK: -- The Supreme Court today upheld the earlier death rulings decided by two lower courts for a former Ratchaburi local politician in a conspiracy to shoot his rival, a former Thai Rak Thai party MP, to death in 2006.

The Supreme Court judges declared Anantasak Srisawat, alias “Mayor Tai”, guilty for collaborating with his men to use M16 assault rifles to shoot Mrs Kobkul Nopamornbodi, former Ratchaburi MP of the defunct Thai Rak Thai party to death.

The death sentence was upheld.

The verdict was read upon his appearance at Khao Din prison in Ratchaburi where he was detained.

For another prisoner Anont or M Pantharat, the court judges said since he had withdrawn his appeal, he therefore will serve life sentence as earlier ruled by the two lower courts.

The final ruling today ended the trial which dragged on for almost 10 years after the shooting on May 27, 2006.

Three people had been arrested in the murder conspiracy. They were sentenced to death by the two lower courts.
However two of them confessed to the murder and had their death sentence commuted to life imprisonment.

Only Mayor Tai appealed and insisted of his innocence.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/supreme-court-upholds-death-sentence-for-mayor-tai


-- Thai PBS 2015-10-20

[ezzra]

Unlike in the US, here in Thailand We don't get to hear of execution, how and when they were carried out,

good change that his fellow life will be spared and his death sentence will be commuted to life in jail,

few pardons later, 1/3 off for good behavior and he's out in 15-20 years. so yeah, don't sell

your belonging yet fella, This is Thailand and you're in with a good chance to live to a good. ripe

old age....

[dageurreotype]

Unlike in the US, here in Thailand We don't get to hear of execution, how and when they were carried out,

good change that his fellow life will be spared and his death sentence will be commuted to life in jail,

few pardons later, 1/3 off for good behavior and he's out in 15-20 years. so yeah, don't sell

your belonging yet fella, This is Thailand and you're in with a good chance to live to a good. ripe

old age....

Hopefully. The Death Sentence has no place in a country aspiring to be a civilised one. Even the US.

[Seastallion]

Unlike in the US, here in Thailand We don't get to hear of execution, how and when they were carried out,

good change that his fellow life will be spared and his death sentence will be commuted to life in jail,

few pardons later, 1/3 off for good behavior and he's out in 15-20 years. so yeah, don't sell

your belonging yet fella, This is Thailand and you're in with a good chance to live to a good. ripe

old age....

Hopefully. The Death Sentence has no place in a country aspiring to be a civilised one. Even the US.

Yeah? Tell that to the parents of the guy who raped the girl who he then threw out the train window.

Or Nong Cartoon's family.

Or the families of the victims of any of dozens of vile murders.

Prisons are full of intractable murderers, beyond rehabilitation. They are a waste of oxygen. As with the guy from the OP.

Kill him and be done with it.

[worgeordie]

An eye for an eye,he had no qualms about murdering a woman,

carry out the sentence sooner than later,costs too much to keep

these people locked up for the rest of their lives,trouble is Thailand

seems to set them free after about 10 years,except the poor killers.

regards worgeordie

[klauskunkel]

Unlike in the US, here in Thailand We don't get to hear of execution, how and when they were carried out,

good change that his fellow life will be spared and his death sentence will be commuted to life in jail,

few pardons later, 1/3 off for good behavior and he's out in 15-20 years. so yeah, don't sell

your belonging yet fella, This is Thailand and you're in with a good chance to live to a good. ripe

old age....

Hopefully. The Death Sentence has no place in a country aspiring to be a civilised one. Even the US.

"Death Sentence" per se is not an indication of the "civilized status" of a country, imo. I rather think that not having crimes that call for capital punishment in the first place would be a much better indicator of a civilized society.

[Acharn]

Unlike in the US, here in Thailand We don't get to hear of execution, how and when they were carried out,

good change that his fellow life will be spared and his death sentence will be commuted to life in jail,

few pardons later, 1/3 off for good behavior and he's out in 15-20 years. so yeah, don't sell

your belonging yet fella, This is Thailand and you're in with a good chance to live to a good. ripe

old age....

What are you talking about? The court upheld his death sentence. That means he will be executed. I don't remember how they do it now. The old way was to shoot them, which I thought was pretty humane (the older way was to cut their heads off with a sword, which would be bad public relations now). The story says his two subordinates changed their plea after they were convicted and confessed, so they now serve a life term. He refuses to change his plea, so he will be killed. I guess it's too late for him to change his plea now, but of course His Majesty could still grant clemency. I agree we don't hear about the executions any more. We used to. There would be a small item in the newspaper. No big thing.

[Artisi]

Unlike in the US, here in Thailand We don't get to hear of execution, how and when they were carried out,

good change that his fellow life will be spared and his death sentence will be commuted to life in jail,

few pardons later, 1/3 off for good behavior and he's out in 15-20 years. so yeah, don't sell

your belonging yet fella, This is Thailand and you're in with a good chance to live to a good. ripe

old age....

Hopefully. The Death Sentence has no place in a country aspiring to be a civilised one. Even the US.

Bleeding heart- if the day ever comes when one of your family is the victim of murder, we will then see how you decry the death penalty.

[Artisi]

Unlike in the US, here in Thailand We don't get to hear of execution, how and when they were carried out,

good change that his fellow life will be spared and his death sentence will be commuted to life in jail,

few pardons later, 1/3 off for good behavior and he's out in 15-20 years. so yeah, don't sell

your belonging yet fella, This is Thailand and you're in with a good chance to live to a good. ripe

old age....

Hopefully. The Death Sentence has no place in a country aspiring to be a civilised one. Even the US.

Seems to be an issue for US citizens to decide.

So it is inappropriate to express a view on the laws of other countries. How convenient, for some laws, and some countries.

Not inappropriate, just misplaced comments- the discussion is about Thailand - not the USA.

[Basil B]

The good news for Mayor Tai is Thailand last executions were in 2009, when there were 2 executions, the only two in the last 12 years, also there are some 600 plus sentenced to death inside Thailand's prisons so at that rate he is more likely to die of old age.

[fgmr]

Unlike in the US, here in Thailand We don't get to hear of execution, how and when they were carried out,

good change that his fellow life will be spared and his death sentence will be commuted to life in jail,

few pardons later, 1/3 off for good behavior and he's out in 15-20 years. so yeah, don't sell

your belonging yet fella, This is Thailand and you're in with a good chance to live to a good. ripe

old age....

BS. Stop airing your prejudices when a person's life is at stake. You do not know the full facts of the case so please keep your biased views to yourself.

[Enoon]

An eye for an eye,he had no qualms about murdering a woman,

carry out the sentence sooner than later,costs too much to keep

these people locked up for the rest of their lives,trouble is Thailand

seems to set them free after about 10 years,except the poor killers.

regards worgeordie

Thing about the Thais is, and this is a very difficult one for Westerners to get their heads around, that they have very different ideas about "justice ".

Its's because their ideas (about anything) aren't based on all that "Biblical" stuff, like "an eye for an eye". Old testament stuff, very Hebrew, very "wandering around in the desert looking after sheep". Not their thing at all.

[elgordo38]

Unlike in the US, here in Thailand We don't get to hear of execution, how and when they were carried out,

good change that his fellow life will be spared and his death sentence will be commuted to life in jail,

few pardons later, 1/3 off for good behavior and he's out in 15-20 years. so yeah, don't sell

your belonging yet fella, This is Thailand and you're in with a good chance to live to a good. ripe

old age....

Hopefully. The Death Sentence has no place in a country aspiring to be a civilised one. Even the US.

Speaking as a honest civilized person I am tired of long expensive trials for guilty people and then paying $100,000 a year to keep them in jail for life. All this by a cheap government that cannot give me a COLA increase. The Chinese system is the best guilty out the back and bang .25 cent bullet in the head harvest the body end of story. Birth on to this planet should not be a right but a priviledge.

Edited October 20, 2015 by elgordo38

[gandalf12]

Was it Oscar Wilde that said "You can tell how civilised a country is by the type of people in jail"?

[aboctok]

Seems to be an issue for US citizens to decide.

So it is inappropriate to express a view on the laws of other countries. How convenient, for some laws, and some countries.

Not inappropriate, just misplaced comments- the discussion is about Thailand - not the USA.

How pointless. One of the most basic ways to discuss A is to compare it with B. If we disallow all comparisons, what kind of "discussion" do you think will be left? In the case at hand, do you think public opinion is of zero importance? Public awareness of how capital cases proceed is one of the few factors that could be reckoned to influence the direction of justice system reform in any country. Don't you think?

[webfact]

Death sentence upheld for Ratchaburi politician behind deadly attack on MP
Kesinee Taengkhiao


Anantasak

BANGKOK: -- THE Supreme Court yesterday upheld the death sentence imposed by two lower courts on former Ratchaburi politician Anantasak "Mayor Tai" Srisawat for orchestrating the fatal M16 shooting of former Thai Rak Thai MP Kobkul Nopamornbodi in 2006.

The final ruling, which ends a trial that lasted almost a decade, will be sent to Anantasak, 50, at Khao Bin Prison in Ratchaburi, where he is detained.

The lawsuit said the three defendants and Sangad Pumpeng - who died later - staged a deadly ambush on May 27, 2006, killing Kobkul while she was in her car at Khao Ngu intersection in Tambon Chedi Hak in Ratchaburi's Muang district. The other two persons in the car were injured.

Anantasak and two others - snooker club employee Anont and vegetable vendor Winyu Rattanawannee - were later arrested. An initial court ruling on March 31, 2011 gave the three death sentences but commuted punishment for Anont and Winyu to life in prison because they confessed. The Appeal Court upheld the punishments for the trio, so Anantasak, who claimed he was innocent, appealed again.

Anont also appealed for lighter punishment but withdrew his request later. The Supreme Court upheld his life sentence.

Kobkul's husband, former deputy public health minister Manit Nopamornbodi, said yesterday he was pleased with the verdict and thanked police for working hard and gathering forensic evidence so that all defendants could face the maximum punishment.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Death-sentence-upheld-for-Ratchaburi-politician-be-30271261.html


-- The Nation 2015-10-21

[metisdead]

Posts containing off topic generalizations have been removed.

[Loeilad]

US is the only country in "the West" that has the death penalty...and look at the state of their justice system.

Thailand repeatedly creates images of itself that are abhorent to so many other countries.

G.Prayuth has said that the "west" doesn't understand Thailand......I think the reverse is more so true.....with their parochial attitudes, they again and again shoot themselves in the foot

[Loeilad]

Unlike in the US, here in Thailand We don't get to hear of execution, how and when they were carried out,

good change that his fellow life will be spared and his death sentence will be commuted to life in jail,

few pardons later, 1/3 off for good behavior and he's out in 15-20 years. so yeah, don't sell

your belonging yet fella, This is Thailand and you're in with a good chance to live to a good. ripe

old age....

Hopefully. The Death Sentence has no place in a country aspiring to be a civilised one. Even the US.

Yeah? Tell that to the parents of the guy who raped the girl who he then threw out the train window.

Or Nong Cartoon's family.

Or the families of the victims of any of dozens of vile murders.

Prisons are full of intractable murderers, beyond rehabilitation. They are a waste of oxygen. As with the guy from the OP.

Kill him and be done with it.

that would sit nicely with a "revenge" system.....but even the Thai system is based on justice...however I think ISIS would appreciate your sentiments.

[ianf]

Unlike in the US, here in Thailand We don't get to hear of execution, how and when they were carried out,

good change that his fellow life will be spared and his death sentence will be commuted to life in jail,

few pardons later, 1/3 off for good behavior and he's out in 15-20 years. so yeah, don't sell

your belonging yet fella, This is Thailand and you're in with a good chance to live to a good. ripe

old age....

Hopefully. The Death Sentence has no place in a country aspiring to be a civilised one. Even the US.

Yeah? Tell that to the parents of the guy who raped the girl who he then threw out the train window.

Or Nong Cartoon's family.

Or the families of the victims of any of dozens of vile murders.

Prisons are full of intractable murderers, beyond rehabilitation. They are a waste of oxygen. As with the guy from the OP.

Kill him and be done with it.

More intellectual knee-jerkists on Thai Visa! What an uplifting forum!

[soalbundy]

 

Was it Oscar Wilde that said "You can tell how civilised a country is by the type of people in jail"?

 

He also said, ''If this is the way his majesty treats his prisoners he doesn't deserve to have any''

[Loeilad]

Unlike in the US, here in Thailand We don't get to hear of execution, how and when they were carried out,

good change that his fellow life will be spared and his death sentence will be commuted to life in jail,

few pardons later, 1/3 off for good behavior and he's out in 15-20 years. so yeah, don't sell

your belonging yet fella, This is Thailand and you're in with a good chance to live to a good. ripe

old age....

Hopefully. The Death Sentence has no place in a country aspiring to be a civilised one. Even the US.

"Death Sentence" per se is not an indication of the "civilized status" of a country, imo. I rather think that not having crimes that call for capital punishment in the first place would be a much better indicator of a civilized society.

so you have no problem with a state that believed it has the authority of life and death with it's own citizens?

[klauskunkel]

Unlike in the US, here in Thailand We don't get to hear of execution, how and when they were carried out,

good change that his fellow life will be spared and his death sentence will be commuted to life in jail,

few pardons later, 1/3 off for good behavior and he's out in 15-20 years. so yeah, don't sell

your belonging yet fella, This is Thailand and you're in with a good chance to live to a good. ripe

old age....

Hopefully. The Death Sentence has no place in a country aspiring to be a civilised one. Even the US.

"Death Sentence" per se is not an indication of the "civilized status" of a country, imo. I rather think that not having crimes that call for capital punishment in the first place would be a much better indicator of a civilized society.

so you have no problem with a state that believed it has the authority of life and death with it's own citizens?

I have a problem with posters who lack the brain to understand concepts and compare apples with oranges.

[soalbundy]

 

Unlike in the US, here in Thailand We don't get to hear of execution, how and when they were carried out,

good change that his fellow life will be spared and his death sentence will be commuted to life in jail,

few pardons later, 1/3 off for good behavior and he's out in 15-20 years. so yeah, don't sell

your belonging yet fella, This is Thailand and you're in with a good chance to live to a good. ripe

old age....

Hopefully. The Death Sentence has no place in a country aspiring to be a civilised one. Even the US.

"Death Sentence" per se is not an indication of the "civilized status" of a country, imo. I rather think that not having crimes that call for capital punishment in the first place would be a much better indicator of a civilized society.

so you have no problem with a state that believed it has the authority of life and death with it's own citizens?

 

This is about a man who hired people to murder another human being because in the event of her being elected instead of him it would have interfered with his corrupt money making schemes. At the very least his execution could serve as a warning to other political killers that even though they may think they are, they are not above the law.

[Loeilad]

ntry aspiring to be a civilised one. Even the US.

"Death Sentence" per se is not an indication of the "civilized status" of a country, imo. I rather think that not having crimes that call for capital punishment in the first place would be a much better indicator of a civilized society.

so you have no problem with a state that believed it has the authority of life and death with it's own citizens?

I have a problem with posters who lack the brain to understand concepts and compare apples with oranges.

So, can you explain that? how is it apples and oranges? you can't, can you?

[klauskunkel]

"Death Sentence" per se is not an indication of the "civilized status" of a country, imo. I rather think that not having crimes that call for capital punishment in the first place would be a much better indicator of a civilized society.

so you have no problem with a state that believed it has the authority of life and death with it's own citizens?

I have a problem with posters who lack the brain to understand concepts and compare apples with oranges.

So, can you explain that? how is it apples and oranges? you can't, can you?

Just for you:

I am arguing that "not having such heinous crimes being committed at all" showcases the civilized status of a society better than the argument of "having or not having capital punishment". That's the apple.

I am not discussing the credibility of a state that institutes the Death Sentence. That's the orange. Or you going off on a tangent.

[Artisi]

Seems to be an issue for US citizens to decide.

So it is inappropriate to express a view on the laws of other countries. How convenient, for some laws, and some countries.

Not inappropriate, just misplaced comments- the discussion is about Thailand - not the USA.

How pointless. One of the most basic ways to discuss A is to compare it with B. If we disallow all comparisons, what kind of "discussion" do you think will be left? In the case at hand, do you think public opinion is of zero importance? Public awareness of how capital cases proceed is one of the few factors that could be reckoned to influence the direction of justice system reform in any country. Don't you think?

Pointless, who gives a sh1t about the USA - other than you in this case- the discussion was about the death sentence of a convicted murderer -- nothing more nothing less, it wasn't a comparative discussion about what the good old USA does / doesn't do.

[Artisi]

Unlike in the US, here in Thailand We don't get to hear of execution, how and when they were carried out,

good change that his fellow life will be spared and his death sentence will be commuted to life in jail,

few pardons later, 1/3 off for good behavior and he's out in 15-20 years. so yeah, don't sell

your belonging yet fella, This is Thailand and you're in with a good chance to live to a good. ripe

old age....

BS. Stop airing your prejudices when a person's life is at stake. You do not know the full facts of the case so please keep your biased views to yourself.

prejudice, what prejudice? - think you should reread what ezzra said - put brain into gear before hopping on your highhorse and sprouting nonsense.

[watcharacters]

Unlike in the US, here in Thailand We don't get to hear of execution, how and when they were carried out,

good change that his fellow life will be spared and his death sentence will be commuted to life in jail,

few pardons later, 1/3 off for good behavior and he's out in 15-20 years. so yeah, don't sell

your belonging yet fella, This is Thailand and you're in with a good chance to live to a good. ripe

old age....

Hopefully. The Death Sentence has no place in a country aspiring to be a civilised one. Even the US.

Speaking as a honest civilized person I am tired of long expensive trials for guilty people and then paying $100,000 a year to keep them in jail for life. All this by a cheap government that cannot give me a COLA increase. The Chinese system is the best guilty out the back and bang .25 cent bullet in the head harvest the body end of story. Birth on to this planet should not be a right but a priviledge.

Gotta say that's one for the books. 555

"Birth on to this planet should not be a right but a priviledge (sic)."

"

[graemeaylward]

Shame on you Thailand! The death penalty has no place in the modern world. It is certainly not the antedote to murder!