Figures from the Department of Statistics indicate that there were 649 prisoners under sentence of death as of January 31, 2015. [3] Drug-related offenses accounted for around 47% of capital convictions at the end of 2014, [4] while homicide-related convictions make up the rest of death row. [5] Thailand handed down over 55 new death sentences in 2014, [6] at least 50 in 2013 [7] and at least 106 in 2012.