Sri Lankan executioners paid millions despite death penalty moratorium

COLOMBO (News1st): Sri Lanka has spent more than a million rupees to pay salaries of two hangmen since last year alone despite ending executions in 1976, official data show. Each hangman is paid a monthly salary of Rs 36,410, according to information obtained from the department of prisons under the Right to Information Act. The […]

Sri Lankan executioners paid millions despite death penalty moratorium