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July 25, 2014

Correctional services prepare chamber for lethal injection

The Maldives Correctional Services (MCS) has prepared a chamber in the Maafushi jail for the administration of the death penalty through lethal injection, reports Vnews.
While all administrative matters for implementing the death penalty have been completed, an MCS official said the home ministry was seeking the lethal injection.
Thazmeel Abdul Samad, media coordinator at the ministry, told vnews that the system for administering the lethal injection would be computerised.
Media officials at the MCS and home ministry were not responding to calls at the time of press.

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