The Thai Senate voted to introduce fatal injections...

The Thai Senate voted to introduce fatal injections for executions and to abolish the death penalty and life sentences for 14 to 18-year-olds.
Voting 104 to 13, the upper house approved the first reading of a bill to amend the Criminal Code, although several senators called for the complete abolition of the death penalty and for lesser jail terms for under 18-year-olds. The bill will now be vetted by a special Senate committee before being sent back to the chamber for a second and third reading.
Executions are carried out by firing squad, and 14 to 18-year-olds can be sentenced to death or life imprisonment.
The amendment seeks to make 50 years imprisonment the maximum sentence for this age group. Several senators said that the term was too long for those under 18 because they would be unable to live a normal life after 50 years in prison.