Maru Sira
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Dedduwa Jayathungalage "D.J." Siripala, also known by the pseudonym Maru Sira, was a Sri Lankan young criminal and bandit active from the late 1960s until the mid 1970s. He was on death row following
D.J. Siripala in police custody
Hanging
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Hanging is killing a person by suspending them from the neck with a noose or ligature. Hanging has been a standard method of capital punishment since the Middle Ages, and has been the primary executio
Maru Sira
…active 1968-1975 Known for crimes and his love with Ranmanika Criminal status Executed Children One daughter Criminal charge Murder Penalty Death by hanging Dedduwa Jayathungalage "D.J." Siripala (Sinhala: දෙද්දුවා ජයතුංගලාගේ සිරිපාල; 1949 – August 7, 1975), also known by the pseudonym Maru Sira (Maru…
Detail from a painting by Pisanello, 1436–1438
Execution of guards and kapos of the Stutthof concentration camp on 4 July 1946 by short-drop hanging. In the foreground are the female overseers: Jenny-Wanda Barkmann, Ewa Paradies, Elisabeth Becker, Wanda Klaff, Gerda Steinhoff (left to right).
Mass execution using "pole-hanging" of Serbs by the Austro-Hungarian army in 1916
The execution of Henry Wirz in 1865; Wirz was given a standard drop, which did not break his neck