Canada doesn't even have LWOP, does it?
it's state-sanctioned murder IMO
if it's abhorrent & illegal for the population to do it, why is it then ok for the government to do it?
I think Bernardo, Williams, Rafferty and a whole host of others deserve to die by firing squad but I'm not willing to give my government free reign to make that decision
especially when I consider the innocent people who have been convicted of murder - Guy Paul Morin is one such case
it's state-sanctioned murder IMO
if it's abhorrent & illegal for the population to do it, why is it then ok for the government to do it?
I think Bernardo, Williams, Rafferty and a whole host of others deserve to die by firing squad but I'm not willing to give my government free reign to make that decision
especially when I consider the innocent people who have been convicted of murder - Guy Paul Morin is one such case
Built in 1997, the Rivière-des-Prairies Detention Centre shelters 600 prisoners in a warm and friendly environment which simultaneously incorporates principles of security, efficiency and respect for inmates, according to Lemay Associes Montreal, the architecture firm behind the facility.
Magnotta will likely be housed in the facility for most of the remainder of his trial.
I`m 100% in favour of the death penalty. Will it happen in my lifetime, probably not but my hope is that one day people will realize that housing and feeding these murderers who snuffed away the lives of innocent human beings does nothing to rehabilitate them and furthermore these same get out of prison to reoffend. (Amber Kirwan case).
Yes, let`s tear down the old prisons and build new ones with freshly painted walls so these monsters can be fed 3 times a day and live in their freshly painted cells with new facilities available to them. Afterall, it is the humane thing to do, right. All with my money!
No thanks!
The government wouldn't decide, the people would. The same 12 people who convicted the killer would decide if they live or die.
If we trust our justice system then one must trust the proper decision is rendered in a trial.
The problem for me is that innocent people are sometimes convicted and sentenced to death. I would be I interested to hear your thoughts on this very real problem with the death penalty.
Canada doesn't even have LWOP, does it?
Thanks for the info, otto.
After some googling, I see Paul Bernardo got LWOP. I can't believe his wife only got 12 years, though. Michael Rafferty and Colonel Russel Williams, for example, are two murderers who would be on death row, or severing LWOP in the US (I don't follow Canadian crime much, those are the only two I know of). Both of them will be eligeble for parole after 25 years.
Yves "Apache" Trudeau would certaintly been a DP case in the US. He committed 43 murders for various Canadian biker gangs, turned state's evidence and was allowed to plead to 43 manslaughters, and served 9 years. When he was released, he was given a new identity, and a few years later he raped a little boy, for which he was given 4 more years. He has since been released.
I think a lot of Americans feel that Canada is "soft on crime". Whether or not that's a fair assessment, I don't know, what I listed above are only a few cases. Personaly, I would feel better knowing any of the above murderers would never be free again, be it DP or LWOP.
BTW sorry I derailed this thread, it's about the death penalty, not LWOP. I'll thow my $0.02 in: as long as we're executing the right person, I have no problem with the DP.