Is Capital Punishment the Answer?

This debate will never end and usually gets some what heated. I know how the US feels about this, I grew up there and I think a lot of how I feel about this subject matter has to do with the up bring I had in the US.

Canada abolished the Death Penalty July 14, 1976 not saying weather this was a good or bad thing. What I want to know is what you think about it.

There are arguments on both sides of the debate like acting as a deterrent, weather or not they should be publicly viewable, among other things.

There are even things written about cost effectiveness of Capital Punishment vs. Life in prison without parole.

We in Canada don't seem to ever let people serve out there life sentences, we are so happy to give them parole and let them re-offend.

The "faint hope" Clause is currently under review and looking like it will be removed finally making it much tougher for people convicted of 1st degree murder to get parole hearings and parole.

There is definitely a time and place and obviously you need to read about what criminal activities you would need to commit to get the death penalty or Life without parole before you start getting all humanitarian on us.

I am at a point where I am getting sick and tired of all the killing in our area especially when you hear about innocent people getting killed just because there job happened to take them where illegal activity was taking place next door. We have gone soft in Canada, I think with the increase in drug trade and other criminal activity we need to rise up, because if we keep bending over, it will just keep happening.

It's time for Canada to rise up and make people that can't live with in the laws of our land to pay for what they have done. So far victims and the familys have been crapped on by Canada's Criminal Code.

I am just saying, maybe it's time for a change. What do you think?

Cheers!