SC issues interim order against carrying out death penalty
Posted by Editor on July 5, 2019 - 3:55 pm
The Supreme Court today issued an interim order staying the implementation of death sentence for convicted drug offenders until October 30.
The order was delivered by a three-judge bench consisting of Supreme Court Justices Buwaneka Aluwihare, Prasanna Jayawardene and Gamini Amarasekara.

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Hurrah,
The last nails on the King’s coffin.
A description of death by hanging:
“The man’s spinal cord will rupture at the point where it enters the skull, electro-chemical discharges will send his limbs flailing in a grotesque dance, eyes and tongue will start from the facial apertures under the assault of the rope and his bowels and bladder may simultaneously void themselves to soil the legs and drip on the floor”.