The Capital Punishment Debate

[The Bread Guy]

A necro thread revival

https://twitter.com/x/status/2067728324034519284

Interesting polling

Good catch - more details from the polling company here:

Support for Return of Death Penalty Rises Markedly in Canada

More than half of supporters of capital punishment (52%) think it would serve as a deterrent for potential murderers.

researchco.ca

Detailed demo breakdowns attached - methodology:

 

[The Bread Guy]

Since we have a thread chock full of debate already in play just on Canada & capital punishment, carry on here, folks.

Army.ca Staff

 

[mariomike]

I'd be trying to figure out what to order for my Last Meal .

 

[Furniture]

Surely the majority is always right, and we should run ourselves by the will of 50%+1 in all things.

Sometimes they are right. Though maybe starting by keeping the violent offenders away from the reat of the population would be a better start.

 

[Halifax Tar]

Since we have a thread chock full of debate already in play just on Canada & capital punishment, carry on here, folks.

Army.ca Staff

Bah! I should have search capital punishment.

Thanks for the shove in the right direction.

 

[The Bread Guy]

Bah! I should have search capital punishment.

Thanks for the shove in the right direction.

If it’s any comfort, took me a bit of digging too

 

[Jarnhamar]

I'd be trying to figure out what to order for my Last Meal .

Meatloaf in the shape of an ambulance and a side that makes you really gassy would be pretty funny.

 

[mariomike]

The last execution in Canada was in 1962. I wonder how many of the people who say they want it were alive then.

 

[YZT580]

The last execution in Canada was in 1962. I wonder how many of the people who say they want it were alive then.

I was and I am. But if as Pierre said Life means life I could live with the alternative but if I recall correctly that became cruel and unusual because it didn't give the murderer a chance to redeem himself/herself. He was quite specific when it came to the murder of police/corrections officers too.

 

[mariomike]

I think many , myself included, could tolerate something like this,

If we execute murderers and there is in fact no deterrent effect, we have killed a bunch of murderers. If we fail to execute murderers, and doing so would in fact have deterred other murders, we have allowed the killing of a bunch of innocent victims. I would much rather risk the former. This, to me, is not a tough call." John McAdams - Marquette University/Department of Political Science

 

[Colin Parkinson]

I am ok with a limited amount of Capital Punishment, with strict criteria equating to a high bar to be met and a case review after conviction

 

[lenaitch]

Not I. Changes in forensic technology have shown us the fallibility of the justice system. Beyond a reasonable doubt is already a dammed high bar, and we still get it wrong sometimes. The risk to confidence in the State and its institutions, not to mention the people actually involved, when it turns out later that we got it wrong, is irreversible.

We were absolutely convinced, beyond a reasonable doubt, that David Milgaard, Guy Paul Morin and Steven Truscott were guilty - until they weren't.