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penalties and defendants

Table 9: The number of defendants in criminal punishment in courts of first instance

Thai Defendants Foreign Defendants
Types of Penalty
Male Female Total Male Female Total

Death 75 17 92 3 5 8

Imprisonment 72,509 8,947 81,456 1,318 164 1,482
Fines 125,538 35,325 160,863 4,267 1,247 5,514

Confinement 1,090 162 1,252 38 8 46

Forfeiture of property 191 50 241 1 0 1

Suspended or
Deferred sentence 155,998 25,155 181,153 9,652 2,798 12,450

Other 33,911 25,740 59,651 1,601 546 2,147

Total 389,312 95,396 484,708 16,880 4,768 21,648

Table 10: Number of Thai defendants classified by ages

Thai Defendants
Ages
Male Female Total

over 18 years old to 25 years old 82,867 9,747 92,434

over 25 years old to 40 years old 194,874 43,770 238,644
over 40 years old to 60 years old 96,960 33,965 130,925

over 60 years old 14,791 7,914 22,705

Total 389,312 95,396 484,708

Regarding to the age of defendants, most Thais who violated the
law in 2021 were those aging between 25 years old and 40 years old.
However, the number of defendants in Table 9 and 10 was sentenced by

the courts of first instance except juvenile and family courts which
applied different penalty for children under juvenile and family law.

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