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    Women legislators of Sri Lanka demand to re-impose death penalty

    Colombo: Sri Lanka ruling Party legislator Sudharsani Fernandopulle says that 13 female MPs in the parliament will demand for re-implementing the death penalty.

    She further stated that many of the female MPs of Sri Lanka parliaments had agreed to it.

    She said that collecting of the signatures for a petition requesting the President Mahinda Rajapaksa to allow the death penalty commenced Monday. The petition is to be handed over to the President within the next week.

    Sri Lanka has enacted the death sentence for serious crimes but the President who is the final authority for the implementation of death penalty has not warranted it.

    The government has earlier said that it is conducting a public opinion poll on the re-imposing of death penalty to evaluate whether the measure would deter the crimes committed on its citizenry.

    The government reinstated the death penalty in 2004 for murder, rape and drug trafficking following the murder of a high court judge.

    However, since 2000 there are 1,164 death row inmates languishing in jails waiting for execution or a final decision for commutation for execution. Some prisoners on death row at the moment have served over 15 years while waiting for their sentences to be carried out.

    http://www.colombopage.com/archive_1...31607416CH.php
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    Rapid increase in convicts with death penalty in Sri Lanka

    COLOMBO (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan prisons have received a massive number of death penalty convicts since the beginning of 2012, a prison spokesman said on Tuesday.

    From January the two main prisons in the country have received 43 convicts of capital punishment mainly for murder and drug trafficking, the officer said.

    "This is a massive increase compared to 40 convicts of death penalty reported during the first four months in 2011," and most of them were convicted for murder and among them was a woman convict, he said.

    The rapid increase of the convicts was reported amidst protest by female legislators of Sri Lanka's ruling party who demand for re-implementation of the death penalty.

    Since 1970s, there have been no executions, although death sentences were handed down continuously by the High and Supreme Courts.

    Since 2000 there are 1,164 death row inmates languishing in jails waiting for a final decision for commutation for execution. Some death convicts have spent more than 15 years in jail.

    Sri Lanka is now conducting a public opinion poll to evaluate whether the death penalty would bring down the increasing crime rate in the country.

    http://english.sina.com/world/2012/0320/450479.html

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    Sri Lanka: "Wide consensus in favour of death penalty"

    Following lengthy debate and lobbying of ideas, the public, Cabinet and Members of Parliament have reached a common belief that the death penalty should be implemented for child molesters and drug lords, Cabinet Spokesman and Media Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said.

    According to Minister Rambukwella the death penalty has been in existence in Sri Lanka for a long time but the Executive had not signed the death warrant since 1977.

    Now interviews are going on to recruit hang men and the salaries of hangmen are being discussed.

    Discussions are going on in the Cabinet for required amendments to the law if implementing the death penalty. Minister Rambukwerlla pointed out that there is a strong opinion in the country for the death penalty to be implemented against child molesters and drug lords.

    But, there is no evidence anywhere in the world to suggest that the implementation of the death penalty reduce crimes.

    If this is true, the US should be free of any type of crimes. "Politicians belonging to all parties are involved in child exploitation incidents and crimes but only the politicians who belong to the UPFA are being highlighted because they belong to the government.

    "It is good that the entire country has come to a common opinion on implementing the death penalty," Minister Rambukwella added.

    (Source: Sri Lanka News)

    Sri Lanka: Young mother sentenced to death over drug charges

    In Sri Lanka, a young mother who was convicted under the Dangerous Drugs Act for possessing heroin, was sentenced to death by High Court Judge Padman Surasena.

    The accused in this case is a resident of Dehiwala. She was charged under two counts relating to heroin.

    The Narcotics Bureau prosecuting said that 2.78 grames of heroin was found in her possession. After the sentence it was heart rendering to witness the woman accompanied by her husband hugging her infant boy with tears steaming down her face.

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    Great news for the pro DP crowd to see another nation join the group!

    And Sri Lanka is very much a democracy like America and Europe!

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    Hangman quits after seeing gallows for first time

    Sri Lanka is searching for a new hangman after the latest recruit got upset on seeing the gallows for the first time and quit, officials said on Tuesday.

    The Prisons Department appointed the new hangman, the third most qualified from 176 applicants, last week, months after two hangmen chosen late last year failed to show up for work.

    "We gave him one week's training, but he resigned after seeing the gallows, saying that he didn't want the job," Chandrarathna Pallegama, commissioner general of prisons, told Reuters.

    "He told me that after seeing the gallows he got upset... Next time, we will show the gallows to the new recruits before giving them basic training."

    But it's not as if he would have been likely to hang anyone anyway. The job is light administrative work only.

    The Indian Ocean island nation, a predominantly Buddhist country, has not carried out an execution since 1976, despite the fact that there are at least 405 convicts on death row.

    But an alarming rise in child abuse, rapes, murders, and drug trafficking in the country since the 25-year war against Tamil Tiger separatists ended in 2009 has prompted some lawyers and politicians to push for the death penalty to be reintroduced.

    http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNew.../21526641.html
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    Death row prisoners protest on Sri Lankan jail rooftop

    A group of death row prisoners at a Sri Lankan jail are staging a protest on its rooftop demanding their release, officials said on Saturday.

    “There are 27 inmates on rooftop. They demand they be freed,” Bogambara prison spokesman Gamini Kulatunga said, adding that all of them protesting at the jail in Kandy are death row convicts.

    “18 of them are those who had been condemned for execution while six more of them are those who have appealed against (their) death sentence,” he said.

    Executions do not take place in Sri Lanka even though death penalty is legal. No executions have taken place since June 23, 1976.

    Successive Sri Lankan presidents since 1978 have declined to use hanging warrants for personal reasons. The death sentence therefore is commuted to life imprisonment.

    Prisoners who have to suffer 20-year jail term instead of hanging seek remission at 10 years of their term, officials said.

    However, at present no remission would be applicable until 20 years of sentence is completed.

    http://www.thehindu.com/news/interna...cle5538263.ece
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    Sri Lankan hangmen wanted as drug traffickers face death penalty

    The roles pay about £158 per month, and candidates should be Sri Lankan, male, aged 18 to 45 and with "excellent moral character".

    Sri Lanka is trying to hire two hangmen after bringing back the death penalty for drug traffickers.

    In a move inspired by Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs, Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena said last week he wants to resume the use of capital punishment for drug traffickers in the next two months.

    A recruitment advert has appeared in the state-run Daily News offering the posts at 36,310 rupees (£158) per month, which is above average for a government job.

    Drug trafficking is a capital offence in Sri Lanka, but the country's last execution for any crime took place in 1976. Death sentences have been commuted to life in prison since then.

    Anyone wishing to apply for the role of executioner should be Sri Lankan, male, aged between 18 and 45, and have both "excellent moral character" and "mental strength," according to the ad.

    The country's recent history with executioners suggest it may prove difficult to fill the posts.

    Sri Lanka's last hangman quit in 2014 without ever having to execute anyone, claiming he was too stressed out by the sight of the gallows, while another hired last year never turned up for work.

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    Female applicants for the vacant executioner position in Sri Lanka

    Sri Lanka Prisons Commissioner General P.W. Kodippili says that Sri Lankans have showed a keen interest to the post of executioner that has been vacant for some time.

    He said that a large number of applications had been received although applications had not been called for the posts of executioner. He says that there are also applications from women for the post.

    The official said that the applications would be kept in file until the applications are called formally.

    Sri Lanka's prisons have vacancies for two executioners.

    Although Sri Lanka's courts impose death penalty for serious crimes, the President does not grant leave to proceed with the conviction.

    The government reinstated the death penalty in 2004 for murder, rape and drug trafficking following the murder of a high court judge.

    However, since 2000 there are 1,164 death row inmates languishing in jails waiting for execution or a final decision for commutation for execution. Some prisoners on death row at the moment have served over 15 years while waiting for their sentences to be carried out.

    Last execution was carried out in Sri Lanka in 1976.

    There is a public demand to implement death penalty to curb the rise of crimes.

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    The gallows: Sandbag tested, hangmen on verge of recruitment

    Such was the report in the ‘Island’ recently. The death penalty is a contentious subject. The present actual context as always counts for much in determining the issue. What the times have to tell us is alarming. No one denies that this country is in the throes of a lawlessness crisis. Rank, status and position do not count today where crime is concerned. Drug barons, murderers, hooligans, extortionists, swindlers, commision crows, all corrupt to the core, occupy high seats whether at national or provincial level. They are not only tolerated but even embraced and kept pinned to their seats as being vote pullers. One such notorious hoodlum was reportedly being used as a go-between in negociations between the government and a group of striking academics. In other words such refuse of decent society are even considered as necessary elements in the practise of governance.

    Twenty top ranking provincial politicians were involved in rape and murder over the last three months. The Kahawatte multiple murders, with politics as backdrop, all following similar patterns send shivers down our spines. Tourist women are not spared as seen in the murder of one of them in a hotel of the south, with umpteen cases of molestation. Teen aged school girls are easy prey for use and abuse. The lilfeless bodies of some are later dumpted under abandoned culvets.

    One such accused provincial politician even had the guts to utter threats to the media when led handcuffed to courts. and that in view of all television onlookers. ‘Who’ and ‘where’ do not instill respect. The judiciary is held in contempt (one could argue with sound logic and reason that they have asked for it with ‘toe the line’ judges abounding in all courts). There was, a few years ago, an opinion poll conducted in the streets of Colombo regarding the re-introduction of the death penalty. Absolutely every one interrogated answered positively and vehemently in favour. Some even insisted that executions should be held in public…on the Galle Face esplanade. Such is the fear psychosis combined with disgust and loathing that has gripped the people.

    The issue of the death penalty is contentious and highly debated. The most proliferated argument is that the death penalty does not dissuade criminals. Satistics are quoted in support. Generally speaking, the countries of South-East Asia where people move about in security are those where the death penaty prevails and harsh punishments are meted out for crime. I am thinking of Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and of course, Singapore. Some countries with entrenched religions, and highly sophisticated ones at that, are the worst offenders especially as regards sex oriented crimes: India and Sri Lanka (which boasts of all four major religions) are classic examples.

    Our professors of morality proceed with the contention that religion should serve as deterrent. And also what about our 2600 year old civilization? it is argued. Unfortunately both, in spite of the sound and light effects they continue to generate, are spent forces as regards the inner renewal of the country’s citizens. What is forgotten is that religion and civilization go hand in hand. They are two sides of the same coin thriving on one another. When one falls so does the other. In Sri Lanka both have floundered to such an extent that putting them back seems as arduous as reconstructing Hympty Dumpty. Have not leading Buddhist monks stated in public that mere ‘bana’ preaching this country cannot be put on the right track. Harping on religion and civilization today is like tailoring invisible clothes for naked emperors.

    Does the death penalty dissuade potential murderers? Those who say ‘no’ come up with perennial arguments already enshrined in classical works such as the writings of J – P. Sartre and Albert Camus who enunciated theses of ultra-humanism. Both were, it must be remembered extreme-left thinkers. As a counter argument suffice it to restate what Mr.Wijedasa Rajapakse once said on television: that when the inmates of death row were made aware of imminent attempts to re-introduce the gallows, they all suffered overnight from acute diarrhea.

    This phenomenon caused by morbid fear has been translated into Sinhales as ‘goo bhaya’. So who says the death penalty does not beget fear? This is the physical reality as experienced by condemned murderers which no doubt also affects their closest entourage with repercussions on wider circles. But there are other imposing arguments that render the above stated objection look puerile. As regards the much vaunted statistics adduced as proof, one could ask: how much of perpetrated crime is made official and brought to public awareness? Crime could well be compared with bank deposits.

    How many of such are official? How many are hidden in undisclosed accounts, or are buried in nameless graves that are bank vaults, or sent abroad envelopped in secrecy? So also with crime. With most crime, especially sex crimes, what is brought to the limelight is only the tip of the iceberg. Ideas of respectability, status, reputation and the thought of being involved in interminable police and legal wranglings often stand in the way of giving publicity to crime. So as with bank accounts, many criminal deeds are stacked away in undisclosed deposits, inbdividual and collective, even hidden from prying journalistic eyes. Statistics are therefore false indicators meant for the gullible.

    The only lesson criminals should be made to understand is that ‘crime does not pay’. This is best shown by making the criminals pay for their deeds in a manner commensurate with the crimes committed. And now is the time for enforcement. Furthermore, rape, abuse of minors, murder, are acts of terror and their perpetrators must be considered as being terrorists. Has not this country declared an all out war on terror? Have we won over one terror only to succumb to another?

    The gallows is long overdue. The sandbags have been tested, hangmen are soon to be recruited on a long term basis – fifteen year contracts. The sandbags can now be safely set aside and the useless gutter garbage bins of our society serve instead as dead weight with the send-off words: good riddance to bad rubbish. Indeed religion and civilization urgently need legislative and executive props to make their mark on men and morals. In Sri Lanka State and religion have had closer ties that in most countries.

    It is high time to activate that link. At present both are dormant each living in its own dreamland with ample excuses for not foraying into the question of the death penalty, expecially its execution. Execution of the death sentence would be of immense service to both. The judiciary appears to have taken the lead with the historic Appeal Court judgment in the ‘Royal Park Condominium’ murder case. It is for the judiciary to judge. But it needs the Executive to ‘execute’.The time indeed is more than ripe for that.

    http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2...f-recuitement/
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