There are more cons. It doesn't matter how much money death penalty vs. no death penalty costs, because you can't put a value on innocent human life. Killing the murderer won't bring the victim back, but using the death penalty will occasionally result in an innocent person being executed. Since the death penalty inevitably results in a net loss of innocent life it is unjustified. If it was possible to know 100% then I'd have no problem with the death penalty, but it's not possible. It actually costs more to kill the criminal than to keep the criminal in prison for life. At least in Canada during the late 50s into the 60s most people were against the death penalty, but that has changed a great deal now. Most Canadians are for the death penalty if it is warranted to fit the crime of taking another's life. Also keeping prisoners costs the tax payers a great deal of money, so murders are of no use to society. Canada is fighting for stricter laws all the way around and not just including murder.
The death penalty is not permitted in some states and is permitted in other states.
Louisiana has always had the death penalty going back to when the land was a French possession.
No amendment "challenges" the death penalty. The 8th Amendment has been used as a legal basis for challenging the constitutionality of the death penalty. The argument is that the 8th Amendment prohibits "cruel and unusual punishment" and that the death penalty is cruel and unusual punishment and therefore is prohibited by the US Constitution. This argument was successful in earlier cases, not because the death penalty itself was cruel and unusual but because of the way it was administered. The death penalty is allowed if it is administered without racial or ethnic bias and in a non-cruel manner.
Michigan abolished the death penalty in 1846 for crimes except treason, Rhode Island followed in 1852 and abolished the death penalty for all crimes (including treason). Michigan's death penalty statute was amended in the 1950s or 1960s to exclude the death penalty for treason.
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There were two individuals who were the last people to get the death penalty in Canada. Those two individuals were Arthur Lucas and Robert Turpin. Both were on death row for murder charges.
No, people are no longer hanged in Canada. Canada no longer has a death penalty.
Canada, Mexico, UK, France, Germany, and Australia are among many countries that do not have the death penalty
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No. The Canadian government will not extradite someone if they are facing execution. The United States must ensure that the criminal will not be executed in order to extradite them. there have, however, been times where this was worked around. For example, the US could get the offender extradited on other charges, then charge them with the executable offense once they were in custody.
For. If most of the citizens in Texas did not want the death penalty, there would be no death penalty.
Yes, Canada had Capital Punishment from the 1700's up to July 14, 1976 when Bill C-84 abolished the death penalty accept for some offenses under the National Defense Act. Though in 1998 these where also abolished.
Now, no death penalty in Romania.
No,the state of Nebraska does not have the death penalty.
no, you dont die with the death penalty