Institutionalising pluralism

Politics in Sri Lanka is so full of drama that it is sometimes difficult to see the wood for the trees. Where else would the brightest and most senior members of the opposition crossover to the government in the first month of the year, to be followed in the second by the President dismissing two of his most senior ministers, one of them unquestionably bright?

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Daily News Debate

Early American criminal law was brought over substantially from England, and allowed the death penalty for many crimes. In the United States, the death penalty could be applied for murder, but also for rape, robbery, treason, and even blasphe-my. Gradually, the list of death eligible crimes has been shortened to essentially one: murder.

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