Thai society has been shocked by a horrific crime this past week—one that is currently on everyone’s mind and lips. A 22-year old State Railways employe raped a 13-year old girl in the sleeper car of an overnight train headed from from Nakhon Si Thammarat to Bangkok. After raping the girl, he then strangled her and threw her out the window of the moving train. Two days later her body was found after the rapist and murderer confessed to the crime and gave an indication of where to search. Many Thai people are advocating—through traditional and social media—that the killer should receive the death penalty. In addition to this, many are advocating that the death penalty should be the punishment for all cases of rape.
At first, I misunderstood and thought that they wanted the law changed to allow for capital punishment in the case of rape. I already knew that Thailand had a death penalty, so it seemed not surprising that a murderer could receive the death penalty. But in fact, the law already allows for capital punishment for the crime of rape alone, at the discretion of the court.
Thai society has been shocked by a horrific crime this past week—one that is currently on everyone’s mind and lips. A 22-year old State Railways employe raped a 13-year old girl in the sleeper car of an overnight train headed from from Nakhon Si Thammarat to Bangkok. After raping the girl, he then strangled her and threw her out the window of the moving train. Two days later her body was found after the rapist and murderer confessed to the crime and gave an indication of where to search. Many Thai people are advocating—through traditional and social media—that the killer should receive the death penalty. In addition to this, many are advocating that the death penalty should be the punishment for all cases of rape.
At first, I misunderstood and thought that they wanted the law changed to allow for capital punishment in the case of rape. I already knew that Thailand had a death penalty, so it seemed not surprising that a murderer could receive the death penalty. But in fact, the law already allows for capital punishment for the crime of rape alone, at the discretion of the court.
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Thai society has been shocked by a horrific crime this past week—one that is currently on everyone’s mind and lips. A 22-year old State Railways employe raped a 13-year old girl in the sleeper car of an overnight train headed from from Nakhon Si Thammarat to Bangkok. After raping the girl, he then strangled her and threw her out the window of the moving train. Two days later her body was found after the rapist and murderer confessed to the crime and gave an indication of where to search. Many Thai people are advocating—through traditional and social media—that the killer should receive the death penalty. In addition to this, many are advocating that the death penalty should be the punishment for all cases of rape.
At first, I misunderstood and thought that they wanted the law changed to allow for capital punishment in the case of rape. I already knew that Thailand had a death penalty, so it seemed not surprising that a murderer could receive the death penalty. But in fact, the law already allows for capital punishment for the crime of rape alone, at the discretion of the court.
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