Sri Lanka, Aug. 21 -- Justice and National Integration Minister, Attorney-at-Law Harsha Nanayakkara stated that the report of the committee appointed to establish a formal process for granting presidential pardons to prisoners sentenced to death and life imprisonment will be submitted to the Cabinet expeditiously.

The minister made this remark yesterday during a discussion held with prisoners serving death and life sentences while observing operations at the Colombo Remand Prison, New Magazine Prison, and Welikada Prison.

He stated that a committee headed by retired Supreme Court Justice S. Thurairaja was appointed with the objective of establishing a formal procedure for granting presidential pardons to prisoners serving death and life...