A man reads an advertisement of a vacancy for executioners in a newspaper in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Feb. 12. Until now, executioners in Sri Lanka haven’t had much work to do. The death penalty, while legal in Sri Lanka, has not been carried out there since 1976, even with more than 1,000 people on death row. According to the BBC, Sri Lanka has a history of recruits dropping out of hangman work. "There is no place for the death penalty in a civilised society.”Read more:Witnesses to Duterte’s drug warSri Lanka’s prime minister reinstated, ending political crisisDuterte’s ‘drug war’ is fueling the spread of disease

Source: Washington Post February 13, 2019 21:41 UTC