Canada capital

Over the past couple of years, discussions about the death penalty have carried on in some countries.

This year, the proportion has risen to 58 per cent, with only one in four Canadians (25 per cent) saying this option should “never” be entertained. Most of those who want capital punishment in the books believe it would serve as a deterrent (57 per cent), fits the crime committed by a person convicted of murder (55 per cent) and would save taxpayers money and prison costs (51 per cent). Conversely, two thirds of death penalty opponents (66 per cent) are concerned about a person being wrongly convicted and then executed, while more than two in five (42 per cent) do not consider the death penalty as proper punishment. This year, 54 per cent of Canadians support reinstating the death penalty for murder in Canada, up four points in a year. Men (57 per cent) and Canadians aged 55 and over (59 per cent) are more likely to envision a Canada where the execution of murderers is an option. It took another 23 years for the last remaining form of capital punishment in the country – service offences committed by members of the military – to be eliminated.