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There is no clear evidence pointing to whoever is responsible for his murder, and many observers in Sri Lanka fear that there never will be. "One of the problems for many years has been the problem of impunity," says Robert Blake, the U.S. ambassador to Sri Lanka. "They always say that they're going to investigate these things, but nothing ever happens." The U.S. State Department has condemned the murder and called for a Sri Lankan government probe, adding to a chorus of similar requests from human-rights groups and other nations...
Three days after the murder, the Sunday Leader published an editorial written as if by Wickrematunge's spirit: "I hope my assassination will be seen not as a defeat of freedom but an inspiration for those who survive to step up their efforts." His mourners took up that call to action and turned his funeral procession into a mass protest through the streets of Colombo. The pen is powerful, but sometimes it isn't enough...
...chair. In a recent court brief he quoted Shakespeare. "The irony of the [defense's] casting of his argument in terms of the Lady Macbeth line, 'Out, damned spot! Out I say!,' Litt wrote, "is [an irony] not lost on the Government." (Lady Macbeth was talking of a murder-related bloodstain as if it were just a food stain...
...arrested on a second-degree murder charge and has yet to issue a public statement. Seven other disciples, including Shane Foster, were arrested on obstruction of justice charges mainly because, Strain says, their role was limited to trying to sanitize the crime scene. "I firmly believe, and my investigators believe, that no one else in the group knew he was going to kill the girl," Strain says. Hearings aren't expected until February...
...hope that local authorities conduct a careful psychological autopsy to ascertain the possibility of murder versus suicide,” Welner added...