capital punishment

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• - Not for profit international human rights group. Educates and agitates against the death penalty worldwide including opposition to its reinstatement in Canada. Site includes essays, articles and resources.
  
• - After a decade of furious debate, Canadian Parliament narrowly votes to abolish capital punishment in 1976. Includes video from this historic day in Canada.
  
• - Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Anne McLellan responds to the Canadian Police Association's call for reinstatement of the death penalty in Canada.
  
• - Department of Justice Canada's fact sheet on capital punishment in Canada.
  
• - Amnesty International examines the history of the death penalty in Canada from 1892 through its abolition in 1976 and the record since then.
  
• - Pro-Death Penalty Canadian site with links.
  
• - Audio and video links from the CBC Archives capture key events in the history of the capital punishment issue in Canada.
  
• - Florida newspaper column examining the death penalty in Canada.
  
• - Essay advocating a referendum on the death penalty.
  
• - Online petition to bring back the death penalty.