08-16-2007, 11:58 AM
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Too lazy to set a custom title
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Earth
Posts: 30,990
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Originally Posted by Phoenix
some people are so filled with hate...they cant help it
i dont blame them for their insecurities or their lack of higher brain power
but i do expect them to keep the insults to NIL
sort of like letting kids sit in on an important discussion..they should be seen and not heard
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the crazy thing is the reality of the death penalty..
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Twenty Years of Abolition: the Canadian Experience
Contrary to predictions by death penalty supporters, the homicide rate in Canada did not increase after abolition in 1976. In fact, the Canadian murder rate declined slightly the following year (from 2.8 per 100,000 to 2.7). Over the next 20 years the homicide rate fluctuated (between 2.2 and 2.8 per 100,000), but the general trend was clearly downwards. It reached a 30-year low in 1995 (1.98) -- the fourth consecutive year-to-year decrease and a full one-third lower than in the year before abolition. In 1998, the homicide rate dipped below 1.9 per 100,000, the lowest rate since the 1960s.
The overall conviction rate for first-degree murder doubled in the decade following abolition (from under 10% to approximately 20%), suggesting that Canadian juries are more willing to convict for murder now that they are not compelled to make life-and-death decisions.
All of Canada's national political parties formally oppose the reintroduction of the death penalty, with the exception of the Reform Party which supports a binding national referendum on the issue.
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