Essay On Capital Punishment In Canada
Shelly Clemente #5
Oppose Capital Punishment
Be it resolved that capital punishment be legalised in Canada. The death penalty was officially abolished in Canada in 1976 when the Canadian government held a free vote in Parliament to eradicate it from the Criminal Code and over sixty countries around the world have done the same. According to a poll conducted by Angus Reid, a Canadian sociologist, 21 percent of Canadians feel that murderers can be rehabilitated and 54 percent feel that although the convicted murderer has taken a life, it still is not justifiable to take the murderer’s life as the punishment. Capital punishment should not be legalised because it does not provide a useful purpose to society, it does not promote the rehabilitation of criminals and it is more retributive than restorative.
Capital punishment is not in any way advantageous, if not an inconvenience, to society. After having reviewed numerous studies of the costs of the death penalty in the United States, Dr. Richard C. Dieter, Executive Director of the Death Penalty Information Center, had found that it costs more than life imprisonment. The costs consists of all that is needed for a regular trial plus more trial time, experts, attorneys, two trials for guilt and punishment and multiple appeals while the inmates are held a high security confinement centers, which costs a lot of money …show more content…
Without the death penalty there would be plenty of time to see justice served correctly and it gives the victim’s family more time to heal and prepare to face the offender. Naturally, capital punishment should not be reinstated in Canada because the effects of an execution do not benefit society, rehabilitating the offender is not an option because of the short time available and it promotes violence and vengeful emotions which may lead to an infinite cycle of violent
Oppose Capital Punishment
Be it resolved that capital punishment be legalised in Canada. The death penalty was officially abolished in Canada in 1976 when the Canadian government held a free vote in Parliament to eradicate it from the Criminal Code and over sixty countries around the world have done the same. According to a poll conducted by Angus Reid, a Canadian sociologist, 21 percent of Canadians feel that murderers can be rehabilitated and 54 percent feel that although the convicted murderer has taken a life, it still is not justifiable to take the murderer’s life as the punishment. Capital punishment should not be legalised because it does not provide a useful purpose to society, it does not promote the rehabilitation of criminals and it is more retributive than restorative.
Capital punishment is not in any way advantageous, if not an inconvenience, to society. After having reviewed numerous studies of the costs of the death penalty in the United States, Dr. Richard C. Dieter, Executive Director of the Death Penalty Information Center, had found that it costs more than life imprisonment. The costs consists of all that is needed for a regular trial plus more trial time, experts, attorneys, two trials for guilt and punishment and multiple appeals while the inmates are held a high security confinement centers, which costs a lot of money …show more content…
Without the death penalty there would be plenty of time to see justice served correctly and it gives the victim’s family more time to heal and prepare to face the offender. Naturally, capital punishment should not be reinstated in Canada because the effects of an execution do not benefit society, rehabilitating the offender is not an option because of the short time available and it promotes violence and vengeful emotions which may lead to an infinite cycle of violent