The former Commander of the Sri Lanka Army, Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka has made a special request to the President to grant a pardon to the individuals who were sentenced to death over the killing of former Member of Parliament Amarakeerthi Athukorala and his security officer.<\/p>\n
He made this request at a special media briefing held in Colombo.<\/p>\n
During the briefing, he stated that releasing such individuals from the death penalty could be done by the President with a single stroke of the pen.<\/p>\n
\u201cGrant a pardon to the youths who were sentenced to death over the killing of Amarakeerthi.<\/p>\n
Freeing such individuals from the death penalty is something the President should do with one stroke of the pen,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
On February 11, the three-judge special Gampaha High Court trial-at-bar sentenced 12 individuals to death after finding them guilty of the killing of former Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna MP Amarakeerthi Athukorala and his security officer.<\/p>\n
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