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    When did capital punishment end in Canada?

    Question #22021. Asked by Brainy Blonde. (Aug 30 02 11:20 AM)


    Brainy Blonde

    I didn't ask the question, not my IP number.
    On July 14, 1976 the House of Commons passed Bill C-84 on a free vote,
    abolishing capital punishment from the Canadian Criminal Code and replacing
    it with a mandatory life sentence without possibility of parole for 25 years
    for all first-degree murders.

    Canada retained the death penalty for a number of military offenses, including
    treason and mutiny. No Canadian soldier has been charged with or executed for a
    capital crime in over 50 years. On 10 December, 1998, the last vestiges of the
    death penalty in Canada were abolished with the passage of legislation removing
    all references to capital punishment from the National Defence Act. See:
    http://ccadp.org/deathpenalty-canada.htm

    Aug 30 02, 11:33 AM


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