AG to announce how death penalty will be executed

By Rebecca Kuku
THE death penalty will be applicable to murder, piracy, treason, rape and other major criminal cases, depending on their severity, says Minister for Justice and Attorney-General Alfred Manase.
He told The National that he was still waiting to receive an updated report on it.
“Hopefully, the report will be on my desk this week or early next week,” he said.
“Once I receive this report, I will issue a statement on what methods will be used in implementing the death penalty and on what crimes will it be applicable to.”
According to previous reports in The National, the death penalty was passed in Parliament in 2013 and since 15 people had been placed on death row.
However, two have died in custody and two were recently acquitted by the Supreme Court in Port Moresby last Dec 2017.
Father and son Selman and Misialis Amos were acquitted by the Supreme Court on Dec 11, 2017 of the murder charges against them, citing errors by the trial judge who convicted them. Both have since rejoined their families in East New Britain and New Ireland.
The two who died while in custody were Gregory Kiapkot, 41, from Lokanai in New Ireland, convicted of murder and sea piracy, and Martin Pigit, 39, from New Ireland, also convicted of murder and sea piracy.
The remaining seven on death row are either at the Kerevat prison in ENB or at Bomana in Port Moresby.