death penalty
Good news, bad news
Maryland abolishes the death penalty and the UN celebrates the first ‘international day of happiness’
Texas murderer to be first woman executed in the U.S. since 2010
Former Texas former nursing home therapist Kimberly McCarthy, 51, will become the first woman executed in the United States since 2010.
The ACLU’s bid to save the Canadian on Death Row
Challenge to protocol means Albertan could die of old age before constitutionality of capital punishment is decided
‘I disagree with proponents of capital punishment for many practical and legal reasons’
Conservative backbencher Brent Rathgeber explains why he opposes the death penalty.
Foreign justice
The Justice Minister’s decision to order the extradition of Hassan Diab is a source of concern. Meanwhile, interim Liberal leader Bob Rae has written to the governor of Montana to plead for clemency for Ronald Allen Smith.
Boisvenu on convicted murderers: give them a rope
The Conservative senator seemingly has some ideas on reducing prison expenses
Who supports the death penalty?
Prominent members of the federal government—that’s who
Standing idle on foreign executions: yes we can
Canadian murderer Ronald Allen Smith is entitled to the benefit of a written, objective government policy concerning his situation
Front-row seat to an execution
Capital punishment in Japan it seems to be growing in popularity
‘I would like the firing squad please. There are no mistakes.’
A condemned man chose death by bullets rather than lethal injection—and he’s not alone
A call for justice from Bangladesh
One of the convicted killers of PM Hasina’s family is in Canada
Philosophical question of the day
Colby Cosh, writing a few weeks ago about the government’s shift on clemency policy.