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Sri Lanka |
Lanka to hang drug traffickers, replicate Philippines ‘success’ |
2018-07-13 |
![]() President Maithripala Sirisena had told the cabinet he "was ready to sign the death warrants" of repÂeat drug offenders, government front man Rajitha SenaraÂtne said on Wednesday. "From now on, we will hang drug offenders without commuting their death sentences," he said. Sri Lanka has commuted death sentences for serious crimes to life in prison since 1976, when the last execution took place. The government has drawn inspiration from the Philippines, where a no-holds barred war on drugs has been a centrepiece of President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration. "We were told that the Philippines has been successful in deploying the army and dealing with this problem. We will try to replicate their success," Senaratne said of the decision to deploy the military to tackle drugs. |
Posted by:Fred |
#1 It's been known to reduce recidivism. Given only rich countries can afford virtue signalling of warehousing hundred of thousands of sociopaths, what do you expect of the less prosperous regions of the world to do? |
Posted by: Procopius2k 2018-07-13 08:40 |