I saw a program on t.v. the other night that covered the story of a serial killer. This guy had a house called the killing fields because they found 25 different human bones. Some of them where identified some where not. Anyway he fled to Canada and was arrested on an unrelated charge. When the United States try to extradict him to face these herrendous crimes it took 13 years.Because Canada doesn`t believe in the death penalty.
I would expect that from Mexico but Canada? It made me wonder how friendly are our neighbors to the north?
2007-01-20 10:25:27 · 6 answers · asked by Future 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Canada is a sovereign nation. They have their laws and their procedures. One of those is not to rid their land of rabid animals. I can and do respect their right even though I may not agree with it.
Perhaps I am less sensitive to such things because I am retired military. I served under Presidents that I liked and that I didn't like. Regardless of my personal feelings I respected the office and, in turn, the man in it. I took an oath to obey them and I did just that. I think the same feelings surface when I discuss another country's political stances.
2007-01-20 10:50:18 · answer #1 · answered by gimpalomg 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The United States is in really terrible company on the death penalty. Last year only China, Iran and Saudi Arabia executed more people than we did. Most advanced democracies will not extradite someone to the United States unless there is a guarantee that the death penalty will not be sought.
It is not that Canadians are less friendly. Americans need to reexamine their views on the death penalty, in the light of verifiable facts about it.
Did you know that countries that do not have the death penalty have significantly lower crime rates than the United States?
2007-01-20 21:12:08 · answer #2 · answered by Susan S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We have a hard time sending the innocent until proven guilty to any country that in lists the death penalty as part of their laws. The funny thing about the death penalty is that the following countries partake in death penalty sentences
China
Iran
Iraq
North Korea
United States
Those are all countries that the US has deemed axis of evil countries but yet they all share one distinguishable trait. The death penalty. It is not flattering company to be keeping.
2007-01-21 02:25:06 · answer #3 · answered by Cherry_Blossom 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many nations without a death penalty refuse to extradite to the US if the US authorities do not waive the death penalty. They are soverign nations and are free to govern as they see fit. If the US authorities want to get justice, they'll have to take the death penalty off the table.
Frankly, it's time that we do away with it entirely. We're the lone modern nation that still has it, leaving us in bed with nations like Iran, North Korea, Iraq, etc.
2007-01-20 19:00:56 · answer #4 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
With all due respect, I am familiar with that case and it was not 13 years between his arrest and his extradition to the United States
2007-01-21 10:03:08 · answer #5 · answered by Willster 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Canadian law is a lot like ours. They won't pass on a suspect until we meet a burden of proof. It could be that we just didn't have the evidence. If the guy is in prison there, what harm was done?
2007-01-20 18:33:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋