SELECT distinct(d.iddocumento), d.* from documenti d JOIN destinazionidocumenti dd ON (d.iddocumento = dd.iddocumento) WHERE d.idtipodocumento = 1 AND d.idlanguage = 7 AND d.status = 3 ORDER BY d.datains DESC, d.rilevanza DESC LIMIT 6 SELECT distinct(d.iddocumento), d.* from documenti d JOIN destinazionidocumenti dd ON (d.iddocumento = dd.iddocumento) WHERE d.idtipodocumento = 1 AND d.idlanguage = 7 AND d.status = 3 AND dd.iddocumento not in (7402598) ORDER BY d.datains DESC, d.rilevanza DESC LIMIT 6 SRI LANKA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 4.6 GRAMS OF HEROIN

SRI LANKA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 4.6 GRAMS OF HEROIN

24 October 2005 :

Lakshman Jayaweera, a Sri Lankan man, was sentenced to death following a five-year trial for possessing 4.64 grams of heroin. Judge Sunil Rakapakse of the Colombo High Court, Sri Lanka, said he imposed the death penalty because of his eight previous convictions for possessing heroin and because he had sold the drug.
 
(Sources: Press Trust of India, 21/10/2005)

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