A top general, he was appointed prime minister in 1992, a short-lived tenure that immediately incited the Black May uprising — and a violent backlash by his military.
A top general, he was appointed prime minister in 1992, a short-lived tenure that immediately incited the Black May uprising — and a violent backlash by his military.
Gen. Kraprayoon Suchinda at the annual Trooping the Color military parade in Bangkok in 1991. He assumed the prime ministership after saying he would not, inciting four days of violent protest in Thailand’s capital.
Diagnosed with a psychotic disorder, he spent 30 years on death row. In 2007, the Supreme Court raised the bar for executing the mentally ill, though Texas still tried to put him to death.
Diagnosed with a psychotic disorder, he spent 30 years on death row. In 2007, the Supreme Court raised the bar for executing the mentally ill, though Texas still tried to put him to death.
Scott Panetti in a prison visitation cell in Texas in 2006. The following year, the U.S. Supreme Court held that an individual must have a “rational understanding” of why the state planned to put him to death.
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