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Do you support the death penalty?

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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33%
Yes
67%
No
20%
Yes
59%
No
12%
Yes, but only for horrific crimes with undeniable evidence
4%
No, spending life in prison is a harsher sentence
1%
Yes, but the victim’s family should decide the punishment
4%
No, too many people are innocently convicted

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 @9GZYG4Jfrom Quebec  answered…1yr1Y

Yes, for Homicide, mass murderer, serial killer, terrorist, rape, crime against children, crime against humanity and act of treason against the peoples of Canada.

 @9KDYD2Wfrom Saskatchewan  answered…1yr1Y

I believe the victim’s family should decide. However, I also believe that the person found guilty needs to thoroughly be proven guilty.

 @97VCSDTanswered…2yrs2Y

For those who commit sexual crimes upon children.

 @9H8JRFDfrom Ontario  answered…1yr1Y

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

 @9FDJCNGfrom Manitoba  answered…1yr1Y

no, i don't think the death penalty should be allowed at all.

 @9KDYHHZfrom Saskatchewan  answered…1yr1Y

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

 @9LMMHM7from Ontario  answered…11mos11MO

Yes, but the victim's family should decide, and only if it is a horrific crime with undeniable evidence

 @9D4YVYKfrom British Columbia  answered…2yrs2Y

No. We should focus on rehabilitation of people in prisons rather than punishment and/or death.

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