Time to reform parole system
The Ministry of Justice should have been praised for its policy for pardoning prisoners. Yet the way it has managed the pardon system only invites more questions which have backfired on the noble policy.
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The Ministry of Justice should have been praised for its policy for pardoning prisoners. Yet the way it has managed the pardon system only invites more questions which have backfired on the noble policy.
The Department of Corrections on Thursday confirmed that it has not granted parole to Polkrit Wiset, a former army sergeant who is serving a 33-year sentence for the murder of Ploypailin Palipol, saying the killer has not shown any remorse for his actions.
The Department of Corrections on Thursday confirmed that it has not granted parole to a former army sergeant who is serving a 33-year sentence for murder.
The mother of a victim who was strangled to death and her body burned in 2014 on Wednesday cried foul after finding out the man convicted of her daughter's abduction and murder is set to be released, decades early, on parole this year.
A murderer - an ex-army sergeant - will be released on parole after serving less than five years of a 33-year sentence.