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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@9FDJCNG2yrs2Y
no, i don't think the death penalty should be allowed at all.
@9D4YVYKNew Democratic2yrs2Y
No. We should focus on rehabilitation of people in prisons rather than punishment and/or death.
@9FJSRV92yrs2Y
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
@9RC97PLNew Democratic8mos8MO
No, the death penalty will increase number of appeals and increase costs and burden to the legal system.
@96VPMXGNew Democratic2yrs2Y
No except in very severe cases
@8TX5K2WNew Democratic4yrs4Y
For violent crimes committed in prison
@8J66B8RNew Democratic4yrs4Y
No, you are showing people that murder is illegal by murdering them.
@997L8JJNew Democratic2yrs2Y
Yes, but at the discretion of the convicted or their Family, with the alternative being life in prison.
@8V5TPXXNew Democratic4yrs4Y
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.
@8TWGPKH4yrs4Y
Criminals should have the ability to choose whether they wish to serve a life sentence, or suffer the death penalty.
@8TV88B5New Democratic4yrs4Y
Yes, but only for heinous crimes such as betraying the country (not whistleblowers) or acts exploring the vulnerable in horrific ways
@92W29CRNew Democratic3yrs3Y
Personally I believe a life sentence is worse than death, and I also believe rehabilitation makes more sense
@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.
@8XKRJ8N3yrs3Y
No, noone should be punished through being murdered by the government.
@959XMKJ3yrs3Y
Yes, but only for people who have done unthinkable acts and are without the slightest sign of remorse
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