Pregnant women exempted from death row in Thailand Legislators on Wednesday amended the criminal code to exempt pregnant women from the death penalty.
The National Legislative Assembly approved an amendment to the Criminal Case Procedural Code to make a life sentence the maximum penalty allowed for women who are pregnant when on trial.
Under the previous code, pregnant women were eligible for capital punishment but were allowed at least one year on death row before the execution was carried out to spare the life of the child.
The death penalty is rarely carried out in Thailand, a Buddhist country.
Another amendment to the criminal code will require Thai jails to provide facilities for prison moms to take care of their children for at least three years after birth
At the UN Crime Prevention Congress in Bangkok, 2004, the then Permanent Secretary of the Justice Department declared that 'Thailand does not execute women'
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