"THE EXECUTIONER'S SONG" – By Des Kelly Archives

“THE EXECUTIONER’S SONG” – By Des Kelly Another story, for what it is worth, comes to us from the “Washington Post”, in America, stating that Sri Lanka, who has carried the “Death Penalty” Sentence on it’s Legal System for many years now, without actually “carrying” it out, is presently looking for some young, fit, guy to join the Government to help them start hanging Criminals by the neck, until they are dead. I believe, on very good authority, that there are many of these “dead men walking”, in “Death Row” right now. These people have now been in the situation where it is possible that they think, that their death sentence could be reduced to a life behind bars, and rightfully so, but the latest sad truth of the matter is that, very soon, some young guy will be up there on the scaffold with them, rope noose in hand, ...