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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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.
@928PJ8Q3yrs3Y
No, life in solitary confinement would be a far better deterrent
@93ZVQ533yrs3Y
No, automatic appeals make it significantly more expensive than a life sentence.
@8R2RMP34yrs4Y
Yes, but only for convicts who committed murder while incarcerated.
@8R2RMP34yrs4Y
Yes, but only for inmates who committed murder while incarcerated.
@8R2RMP34yrs4Y
Yes, but only for inmates who commit murder while incarcerated.
@38LNC724yrs4Y
No, too many people are innocently convicted - even though in theory I would say yes for horrific crimes with undeniable evidence, I do not trust the government to execute this sufficiently
@63ZXW6N4yrs4Y
Yes, but improve it to go faster and ensure no innocent person is killed.
@77QDMZN4yrs4Y
No because the death penalty costs way more than life without parole.
@8C6ZKZK4yrs4Y
No, as appeals cases are tiresome to the court systems and end up costing more money to tax payers
@8C6ZKZK4yrs4Y
No, as appeals cases are tiresome the court systems and end up costing more money to tax payers
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