Bangkok Senator Chirmsak Pinthong said that capital...
Bangkok Senator Chirmsak Pinthong said that capital punishment should be abolished, as it was not a practical solution to deter drug trafficking
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Bangkok Senator Chirmsak Pinthong said that capital punishment should be abolished, as it was not a practical solution to deter drug trafficking.
"Imprisonment for life is punishment enough. The job of corrections officials is not to kill (drug traffickers) but to rehabilitate them," he said.
"Imprisonment for life is punishment enough. The job of corrections officials is not to kill (drug traffickers) but to rehabilitate them," he said.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: The Nation (Bangkok), 19/04/2001)
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