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Sri Lanka recruiting 2 hangmen before resuming death penalty

February 13, 2019 admin Death Penalty, drug convicts, duterte, hangmen, Latest News Stories, Philippines, Sri Lanka, World

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 08:01:45 +0000

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan prison authorities are recruiting two hangmen after the president pledged to end a 43-year moratorium on capital punishment and execute condemned drug traffickers amid alarm over drug-related crime in this Indian Ocean island nation.

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De Lima slams DOJ for admitting 13 drug convicts as state witnesses

November 6, 2018 admin De Lima's drug cases, drug convicts, Headlines, Latest News Stories, Leila de Lima, Menardo Guevarra, Muntinlupa RTC, Nation, state witnesses, Vitaliano Aguirre II, war on drugs

Sen. Leila de Lima has filed a complaint against Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra and his predecessor, Vitaliano Aguirre II, for “illegally admitting as state witnesses” 13 convicts who implicated her in the illegal drug trade at New Bilibid Prison (NBP).

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