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50 years ago: Canada's last two executions.

dennilfloss

dennilfloss

Past Lifer 1957-2014 In Memoriam
Most of my life has been spent in a death-penalty-free country. 🙂 There are some who wish to turn back the clock and re-enable the gallows but I think this is more about vengeance than justice, and not much about deterrence for the death penalty isn't a very effective deterrent as the perpetrators do not think they will get caught. It is a drastic yet efficient way of making sure the convicted criminal will not re-offend but the possibility of executing an innocent person is just too unpalatable for most Canadians, especially when they already consider that executing even a guilty person is still too barbaric. :colbert:

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/art...he-rope-the-story-of-canada-s-last-executions
 
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Phokus said:
I could tell you're a texan because you sound like you have the IQ of a turnip 😛
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And you sound like a whiny Bitch. You cry yourself to sleep at night because some scumbag that raped and killed a woman gets put down like the animal he is? Fucking pussy ass Californians.
 
Sitting on a capitol murder jury was one of the most eye opening things I've ever done.

And yes, we found him guilty as well as a punishment of the death penalty.
 
It is scary to me that a developed state allows the execution of its own citizens.

No state should be given the power to end the life of citizens.
 
dennilfloss said:
Most of my life has been spent in a death-penalty-free country. 🙂 There are some who wish to turn back the clock and re-enable the gallows but I think this is more about vengeance than justice, and not much about deterrence for the death penalty isn't a very effective deterrent as the perpetrators do not think they will get caught. It is a drastic yet efficient way of making sure the convicted criminal will not re-offend but the possibility of executing an innocent person is just too unpalatable for most Canadians, especially when they already consider that executing even a guilty person is still too barbaric. :colbert:

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/art...he-rope-the-story-of-canada-s-last-executions
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Depends on your definition of justice.

My definition of justice is people getting what they deserve. If they kill someone, I firmly believe they deserve it. And The "moral dilemma" of pullign the switch? Sure I could.
 
OILFIELDTRASH said:
And you sound like a whiny Bitch. You cry yourself to sleep at night because some scumbag that raped and killed a woman gets put down like the animal he is? Fucking pussy ass Californians.
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Cannot believe I will use post #2000 for this but...

Whoa, settle down man. You sound very angry.
 
tokie said:
It is scary to me that a developed state allows the execution of its own citizens.

No state should be given the power to end the life of citizens.
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The people have the power to say whether someone deserves the death penalty or not. The state isn't the one who decides.
 
I have always thought there should be a different and far stronger standard for people who should be put to death. There are plenty of things that people have done which if they are the ones who actually did it means they should be put to death. If you go around torturing and killing people because you enjoy it you should be put to death. If there is enough evidence to show that this person did it without any way anyone could say otherwise. We shouldn't put them in jail but instead put them to death right after the trial finished. If there isn't that evidence then they do what is currently done with death row.
 
Allan Legere (born February 13, 1948) is a Canadian serial killer and arsonist, also known as the Monster of the Miramichi. On May 3, 1989, Legere escaped from Prison Guard custody while serving a life sentence at the Atlantic Institution for the murder of shopkeeper John Glendenning, of Black River Bridge, New Brunswick, on the evening of June 21, 1986.[1] Legere had been transported from Renous to the Georges L. Dumont Hospital [2] in Moncton for the treatment of an ear infection when he escaped. Legere managed to convince officers to let him use the washroom at the hospital alone, and there he picked the lock on his handcuffs with a homemade key he had hidden in a cigar. He then used a piece of T.V. antenna that he had concealed on his body as a weapon, and held the officers at bay before fleeing. After his escape, Legere committed four additional murders, killing Annie Flam, sisters Linda and Donna Daughney, and Father James Smith. He was recaptured on November 24, 1989; rewards of $50,000 were collected for the information that led to his arrest.
Legere's trial featured the first Canadian uses of DNA fingerprinting, and Legere was convicted of murder for a second time in 1991.
As of 2008, he was one of only 90 prisoners held in Canada's only Super-Maximum security penitentiary, nicknamed the "SHU", in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Quebec.
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I'm willing to bet those four people would have preferred this guy had been put to death.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Legere
 
diesbudt said:
Cannot believe I will use post #2000 for this but...

Whoa, settle down man. You sound very angry.
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Do you have a program that's reading you these threads? That would be cool to hear an angry robot voice. I mean, it's not like there are tons of other words to describe someone that seems angry or appears angry.
 
SaurusX said:
The people have the power to say whether someone deserves the death penalty or not. The state isn't the one who decides.
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You can say that about anything. The people have the power to say you can't live in this country, the people say you can't get married because you're gay, the people say you should have your land and money confiscated because they don't like you.

This is the entire purpose of constitutional and human rights. Otherwise 50% + 1 could vote to kill the other 49% and take their money.
 
tokie said:
You can say that about anything. The people have the power to say you can't live in this country, the people say you can't get married because you're gay, the people say you should have your land and money confiscated because they don't like you.

This is the entire purpose of constitutional and human rights. Otherwise 50% + 1 could vote to kill the other 49% and take their money.
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So it's OK for someone to take the life of another person willingly.

Because we all know how much words prevent physical action.
 
tokie said:
It is scary to me that a developed state allows the execution of its own citizens.

No state should be given the power to end the life of citizens.
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Lol, governments have had the ability to end people's lives since the dawn of human civilization.
 
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