Presidential pardons: Govt. studying Justice Thurairaja’s recommendations – Minister

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By Shamindra Ferdinando Justice and National Integration Minister Harshana Nanayakkara said yesterday that the Cabinet was studying a set of recommendations made by a Committee, led by retired Supreme Court judge Sithambarampillai Thurairaja, PC, regarding a systematic, fair and transparent mechanism for granting presidential pardons to convicted prison inmates. Attorney-at-law Nanayakkara said so when The […]