capital punishment
Capital punishment, which is also referred to as the death penalty, has been abolished in Canada since 1976, but it still exists in a few American States. Capital punishment was removed from Canadas criminal code after years of debating, for the parliament decided that capital punishment was not an appropriate punishment. Before capital punishment was abolished in Canada, 1481 people were sentenced to death, and 710 of these were executed. ... Moreover, Capital punishment should remain abolished in Canada due to it not having an effective mode of deterring crime, numberous mistakes of executing the innocent, and unjustified retribution. Nevertheless, capital punishment is the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment, for it violates the right to life. ... It may be possible that the death penalty is not as much severe for it not deterring crime, but how much more severe could punishment get? ... As goes for Canada, the number of murders in 2001 was 554, just 8 people more than the year 2000, but 197 people fewer than in 1975, the year before capital punishment was abolished. ... Therefore, capital punishment will never truly work as a deterrent. Capital punishment should be abolished everywhere in the world due to numerous mistaken accusations. ... One should also consider the family of the murderer who may be executed, by putting ones position in murderers familys situation, one will feel that nobody deserves a cruel punishment such as the death penalty.