100 apply for hangman’s post in Sri Lanka

Colombo: Sri Lanka received 100 applications, including from an American, as it began a search for two hangmen as it wants to revive capital punishment for drug smugglers. The ministry of justice and prison reforms has announced that the date of interviews and the short-listed applicants would not be disclosed. There will be two positions of hangmen. Among the applicants is a US national when the application deadline ended on February 25. Capital punishment is legal in Lanka but no executions have taken place since 1976.