Sri Lanka’s Cabinet of Ministers, on Tuesday (14) gave the green light to amend Section 281 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which is concerned with the ‘Punishment of detention in lieu of death for persons under eighteen years of age’.
A statement from the Department of Government Information noted that steps were taken to amend article 53 of the Penal Code to not impose the death sentence against anyone under the age of 18 at the time of committing an offense.
However, despite the current moratorium on the death penalty in the country, judges still continue to grant the death penalty as a punishment as the country is yet to take steps towards its formal abolition.
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