Maldives to execute death row inmates by hanging
Death row prisoners will be executed within thirty days of the Supreme Court upholding or issuing a guilty verdict, Home Minister Umar Naseer said in an interview on Friday..
19 Jun 2016, 9:00 AM
The Maldives will implement the death penalty by hanging, Home Minister Umar Naseer has announced.
Death row prisoners will be executed within thirty days of the Supreme Court upholding or issuing a guilty verdict, he said in an interview with private TV channel Al-Kaun on Friday.
“We had first considered implementing the death penalty by using lethal injections. But on speaking with countries with the experience, we found out that hanging was better.”
The Maldives ended a six-decade moratorium on the death penalty in 2014.
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