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Capital punishment in Canada dates to Canada's earliest history, including its period as first a French then a British colony. From 1867 to the elimination of the death penalty for murder on July 26, 1976, 1,481 people had been sentenced to death, and 710 had been executed. Of those executed, 697 were men and 13 women.
Capital punishment is retained in law by 55 UN member states or observer states, with 140 having abolished it in law or in practice. The most recent legal executions performed by nations and other entities with criminal law jurisdiction over the people present within its boundaries are listed below.
People executed by Canada (11 C, 1 P) S. Prisoners sentenced to death by Canada (1 C, 10 P) Execution sites in Canada (4 P) Pages in category "Capital punishment in ...
Rhoda Willis (1907) last woman executed in Wales; Mimi Wong, the first female offender to be executed in Singapore since its independence in 1965 (1973) Joseph Wood (2014) Nathaniel Woods (2020) Eric Wrinkles (2009) Edmund Zagorski (2018) Keith Zettlemoyer (1995) first post-Gregg execution in Pennsylvania; William G. Zuern Jr. (2004)
Pages in category "Executed Canadian women" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
Missouri and Indiana are the only two states that allow a judge to impose capital punishment when a jury cannot make a decision. ... she will be the first transgender woman to die by execution in ...
The method of execution was hanging, and the sentence was carried out at the Don Jail. The other prisoner simultaneously executed was Arthur Lucas, who had been convicted of an unrelated murder. The CBC reports that when both men were informed that they would likely be the last people ever to hang in Canada, Turpin said, "Some consolation."
Despite Canada's reputation as a progressive society, its continued forced sterilization of Indigenous women puts it alongside countries like India and China, where the practice mostly affects ...