Capital punishment or the death penalty is a legal process whereby a person is put to death as a punishment for a crime. Canada abolished capital punishment in 1976.
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@9KDYD2W10mos10MO
I believe the victim’s family should decide. However, I also believe that the person found guilty needs to thoroughly be proven guilty.
@97VCSDT2yrs2Y
For those who commit sexual crimes upon children.
@9WBRK8D2mos2MO
No, death penalty is no different than murder. Zero parole for entire life, not just a life sentence, and support consecutive life sentences.
@9GZYG4J1yr1Y
Yes, for Homicide, mass murderer, serial killer, terrorist, rape, crime against children, crime against humanity and act of treason against the peoples of Canada.
@9FP3QX21yr1Y
No, punitive justice is never justified. Each criminal should be afforded comfortable living conditions and rehabilitation if deemed possible.
No. We should focus on rehabilitation of people in prisons rather than punishment and/or death.
@9F5KMPV1yr1Y
Death penalty is immoral. It's not okay to kill anyone even if they are a bad person. Death penalty is something that should be outlawed. Lots of innocent people end up killed in countries with death penalty.
@9JZV4G6Conservative10mos10MO
I support it, with irrevocable proof. But I also know a lot that were on death row, were innocently convicted. But the amount of money that would go into retrial, was hefty back then. Serial killers should, receive the death penalty. 100%
@9JBXLXS11mos11MO
It depends on the crime. Those who abuse children, especially Autistic children who went through ABA (applied behavioural analysis, which is objectively abusive, many Autistics myself included have had PTSD from it. Look it up), or are cops who kill POC or disabled people, vilify them based on race, sexual orientation or disability. Like George Floyd’s killer for example absolutely deserved it more than anything. Those who are clearly mentally ill should go to a mental health institution but provide rehabilitation so they are no longer a danger. But both the victims family or even the perpetrator should decide the punishment. It’s a complex answer.
@9JRVZFS11mos11MO
No. I believe our justice system has a lot more growing to do concerning its own prejudices and beliefs before deciding the fate of an individual.
@9H8JRFD1yr1Y
I think the victim’s family should have a say on the punishment but I think the death penalty should be replaced with a testing penalty and all serious criminals should be used for product testing instead of animals
@9F9RQ8X1yr1Y
It depends on the criminal and how the fair in prison. If they do well then the death penalty but if they do bad keep them there. The punishment suits the criminal and the crime
@9DQX6M31yr1Y
No, this can be easily abused and lead to either wrongful convictions or future apologies due to unforgivable acts of injustice.
@9DQSF441yr1Y
No, the offender should have to help right some of their wrong. Skin and organ donations.
Yes, but only at the request of the convict
@9D8PLJBConservative1yr1Y
No, life is given by God and gouvernement has no right to take it
@9WB3ZBY2mos2MO
No, work camps, food, water, shelter, education related to harm they have caused, mental health support
@9VSPPZL2mos2MO
if the person being accused has undeniable evidence and is a horrific crime like murder, rape, sexual assault ect. the victim should get to decide (or the family if the victim is no longer alive)
@9Q3HJWF6mos6MO
Crimes like murder and/or sexual offences against children(living! Not fetuses)should have capital punishment
Yes, but meted out by the victim's family and only in air-tight, brutal, sadistic and truly malevolent cases. Any cased determined only by circumstantial evidence or DNA, no way. Too much room for bad trial procedure, faulty or corrupt laboratory work. It would seem that a second hearing would be needed to make sure that conviction met a VERY stringent criteria.
@9KDYHHZ10mos10MO
I think it would only be fair if the victims family got to choose but they should be 100% proven guilty. Too many innocent lives were taken due to false sentences
@9K58RGL10mos10MO
Yes, but only with substantial clear evidence and only with the purpose of completely eliminating the possibility of that crime occurring by the same person a second time. Punishment is a waste, 100% prevention is worthwhile but only with crimes where the risk of recidivism is extreme. Child abuse, murder, sex trafficking, and so forth
@9JWMJCZ 10mos10MO
We need to find out who's guilty and who's not guilty. And the family can choose the kind of torture is it from their country or way?
@9H8NFDB1yr1Y
Yes, if a serious crime was committed and should be the victim’s family choice for the death penalty
I don't think anybody has the right to sentence another human to death.
@9FC8PV51yr1Y
no, for two reasons which are; too many people are innocently convicted and spending life in prison is a harsher sentence. The death penalty is pretty much an easy way out. But, also i think they should improve their system because people who are mistakenly convicted of something and are sent to prison to later be found not guilty is very inhumane.
@9D4V5MC1yr1Y
Persons sentenced to life in prison without parole should be given the option to elect death or serve the term.
@9V8PY4N3mos3MO
Only for the most horrific crimes. I personally think living the rest of your life in jail is much more of a suitable punishment then the death penalty.
@9NHFRHJ7mos7MO
No, but with the exception of corrupt CEOs or government officials. There needs to be a very high price for corruption. Especially if cost cutting measures of CEOs result in deaths of consumers.
@9FJSRV91yr1Y
Yes, but only from a pragmatic standpoint wherein the accused has been psychologically proven to be unfit to ever return to society, and there is undeniable evidence that they perpetrated the crime they're accused of. Prison is about rehabilitation, not punishment, and if no rehabilitation is possible than it is simply a cost to the taxpayers
@9FDJCNG1yr1Y
no, i don't think the death penalty should be allowed at all.
@9VDGM243mos3MO
No, rather employ inmates in harsh or less ideal workforce jobs that can be safely supervised such as road and rail construction
@9RC97PLNew Democratic5mos5MO
No, the death penalty will increase number of appeals and increase costs and burden to the legal system.
@9LMMHM78mos8MO
Yes, but the victim's family should decide, and only if it is a horrific crime with undeniable evidence
@92V2G3M3yrs3Y
Yes, why have those sent to spend life in jail get free food and shelter while the rest of us have to struggle just to keep them?
@9VH57MJ3mos3MO
yes, but only for horric crimes with undeniable evidence where the accused had no reason or without a justifiable reason such as if the victim was the accused abuser
@9D5HF3M1yr1Y
Yes, but only those who have taken the lives of others with undeniable evidence.
@8LJBV5R4yrs4Y
No. The death penalty is barbaric
@928SH733yrs3Y
It depends on the crimes, the circumstances, the motive, and if there are multiple pre-meditated horrific crimes. A serial killer who kills for enjoyment, and has a high kill count is a person I would want to be sentenced to the death penalty.
@92GWKPZ3yrs3Y
Yes But Only If The Person Is A Terrorist,Mass Murderer Or War Criminal
@97BRZXP2yrs2Y
No, though i may believe some people deserve to die, giving any entity the power to determine who lives and who dies is a very slippery slope that quickly leads to abuse
@96VPMXGNew Democratic2yrs2Y
No except in very severe cases
@95QY3852yrs2Y
The family's victims should definitely have a say and the victims should have the absolute say in the punishment, if they say dead then that's what happens, send them to space if it's bad enough idc
@97Z84HSConservative2yrs2Y
No, it is more cost-efficient to keep them in jail.
@97W7B5N2yrs2Y
I think that the death penalty should be only for people who have a high chance of escaping, or if they did something REALLY bad, and it is certain that they did it.
@95MY8TF2yrs2Y
yes everything requires the death penalty
@93TM7X62yrs2Y
Yes, especially for murder, treason and sedition.
@ALcubbybear882yrs2Y
No, any use of the death penalty at any level of government is a clear violation of The Ten Commandments and I strongly oppose any and all effort to reinstate it
@97T4JZCConservative2yrs2Y
No, abolish the death penalty. Jail should be for the worst criminals, and rehabilitation should be the best resort
@B22MJBC2wks2W
No, spending life is prison is a harsher sentence, and for certain cases, take away the chance for parole.
@9ZXKYYX3wks3W
Yes but only with undeniable evidence and should be review by a third unbiased party before the execution happens
@9ZL2DKR1mo1MO
Yes, but let any inmate that’s eligible for the death penalty choose between life behind bars or execution.
For serial rapists and murderers, I believe they should be forced to undergo the same violence they inflicted on their victims.
No, but the time on life sentences should be made longer and they shouldn't be given a chance for parrol
@97WPXL82yrs2Y
Only if the criminal is insane and doesn't regret his choices. Every human deserves a second chance and if the criminal repents religiously or lawfully he deserves a new shot at life.
@9FMS9451yr1Y
No it costs too much, and the risk of an innocent person being wrongly convicted is too high
@93RMTK42yrs2Y
Yes, but only if the prosecuted chooses
@fjamalConservative3yrs3Y
Yes, but there must be undeniable evidence to rule out possible innocence, and if so, then death must be deemed a harsher punishment compared to life in prision.
@939MW7X3yrs3Y
Personally I dont think death penalty is the way because they might change in their lives, maybe a full life in jail and if they get worse maybe its the way
@937VH9B3yrs3Y
only if it is a third offence, for the most horrific crimes
@92W29CRNew Democratic3yrs3Y
Personally I believe a life sentence is worse than death, and I also believe rehabilitation makes more sense
@926262S3yrs3Y
No, but only in the case where the individual shows no remorse as putting them in prison for life just allows them to reminisce
@8ZX3GXZConservative3yrs3Y
No, the charter gives the right to life to all Canadians. Give criminals convicted of murder life in prison instead, and give them the choice between living out the rest of their lives, or ending it with assisted suicide. The point of the criminal Justice system is to take dangerous people of the streets to keep society safe, not to cruelly punish wrongdoing.
@8ZRBY423yrs3Y
It honestly depends on the severity of the crime. Too many innocent people have been wrongly killed for a crime they didn't commit.
@8ZB3SJQ3yrs3Y
i think the person should be able to choose between life in jail or the death penalty, but once they make the choice they can not choose differently (ex: 6 yrs in wants the death penalty)
@8Z47MQG3yrs3Y
i don’t rlly have an opinion
@8YV8QCQ3yrs3Y
No, it costs more and is harder on the families
@8XZC2RV3yrs3Y
No I'm personally a passivist
@8XXXYKS3yrs3Y
No, but make a life sentence a lifetime and give option to choose assisted suicide.
@8XWL6Z83yrs3Y
Yes, only If there is undeniable evidence and it should be case by case. Self defense ect should be considered. Ect.
@8XKT3BG3yrs3Y
Yes, but only for horrible mala in se crime like: Rape, murder, Serial Killing, mass murdering event and terrorism.
@8XKRJ8N3yrs3Y
No, noone should be punished through being murdered by the government.
@8X8GYH53yrs3Y
Prisoners should have the choice.
@8X39BWB3yrs3Y
The state has no right to kill you
@8WXMVWJ3yrs3Y
For the worst offenders who are unable to be rehabailitated
@sharknadoCommunist3yrs3Y
I stand unbiased on this
@8VWXDZS3yrs3Y
No but there might be circumstances where this is the most horrific crime that might lead to this punishment.
@8VW3BPW3yrs3Y
yes but not for crimes of passion. it should be reserved for the most costly, and intentional crimes such large scale fraud, organized crime, corruption and coercion of threat of violence.
no too meany people have died and they should be put in prison and have almost no humen interaction
@8VTQN7N3yrs3Y
No, but sentences should be tougher
@8VS86CB3yrs3Y
Yes, but only for repeat offenders of horrific crimes.
@8VRBJT83yrs3Y
I believe criminals that commit horrific crimes should be punished accordingly. Murderers should be murdered, rapists should be raped and pedophiles should suffer the death penalty as they’re a threat to society.
@8VPV3H93yrs3Y
Too complex of an issue to be answered on a survey
@8VNNSTZ3yrs3Y
No, only because it costs more to execute than care for an inmate for life.
@8VLKD3Z3yrs3Y
Bring back gladiator fights for the worst convicts. (Minor crimes should be rehabilitated)
@8VJM5723yrs3Y
No, and the prison system should be focused on rehabilitation instead of punishment
@8VJ45NW3yrs3Y
Yes but the process for the death penalty needs to be reformed.
@8VJ2V7V3yrs3Y
Yes and no. While I think they don’t deserve to live, spending the rest of life in prison is what they deserve
@8VDH4743yrs3Y
Instead of the death penalty, subjects should be studied in captivity to better understand mental health and warning signs.
@8VDGRKT3yrs3Y
No the death penalty cost to much, hard labour in life in prison for funding back to the tax payers (or use it to fund prisons so tax money doesn't have to go there)
@8V8ZWQG3yrs3Y
no because even tho the person did something wrong they dont deserve do die
@8V95QN23yrs3Y
Yes, and the victim's family should have a say in the punishment.
@8V8ZWD23yrs3Y
depends what they did yas
@8V79MYH3yrs3Y
No, too much risk if there could be the smallest possibility they are innocent, history has taught us this.
@8V5TPXXNew Democratic3yrs3Y
No, but there should be a reform of how our prison structure is modelled to reflect an interest in rehabilitation. There should also be more funded mental health outreach, particularly in communities at risk for breeding crime. Mental health services in prisons as well that are geared toward reform.
No, the government has no right to determine the end of somebody’s life.
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