The death penalty hasn’t been used as a sentence in Canadian law since 1976 when Canada completely abolished the death penalty from the criminal code when the house of commons passed Bill C-84. My opinion on the death penalty is that Canada should reinstate it as a sentence but only if it’s an indictable offence. The three cases that I feel deserve a capital punishment are the Elaine Campione, Colonel Williams and Bernardo and Homolka. The death penalty earliest recordings in Canadian history came in 1749 in what was newly founded Halifax when Peter Cartcel killed a man and was tailed by the general courted that included Halifax’s government and six councillors Cartcel was found guilty and killed two days later. By the time Canada …show more content…
Williams. The background of the case is former Colonel Russell Williams who was a commander of Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Trenton. In 2010 he was convicted of murder, following a series of bizarre sexual assault crimes that shocked the country. During the 82 documented burglaries, Williams stole approximately 1,400 pieces of clothing most of them being underwear and lingerie. His sentence was 82 offences including with the breaking and entering: 61 counts of breaking and entering and theft, 11 counts of attempted breaking and entering,10 counts of breaking and entering with intent to commit the indictable offence. The death penalty should be used in this case because Williams had so much power and ranking in the military for Canada that when he was a pilot of transport planes the passengers were often Prime Minister Jean Chretien and Queen Elizabeth II. This would be an appropriate sentence because it shows that it doesn’t matter how much power and what ranking you have in the world, murdering innocent people as well breaking and entering will not be treated lightly.This sentence would benefit the Canadian military because stripping Williams of all his commission, ranks and awards that were given to him by the Governor General doesn’t change the fact that he still served in the army and did all the offences while working at the Trenton military base. The R v. William case can relate to the death penalty being