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The En Oat Re Ottawa Report MP reports on death penalty speech BY SINCLAIR STEVENS MP YORK SIMCOE I fam thai object is a great in I could ret support the bill before us as it would retain the death penalty for certain trows who in are against any form of capital should reread the bUl before voting on it this coming Tuesday Indeed I urge them to read it and then ask themselves whether in all conscience they as 1968 January they commuted death sentences Is it just coincidence those outlined in the into force on December days prior to the IS commutations suggesting that here we find a clear again recommend in Having said this I believe it is important we review the situation as outlined by the Prime Minister when he spoke En this debate address he said if Canada is a civilized place it is that way because of the concern Canadians have for one The Prime Minister then touched on another matter He said he believed we should take our place with other countries in the world by in effect voting for abolition I think it is wise for main deterrent is Increased There are large bodies of people and a wide range of authority who believe capital punishment Is necessary either as a deterrent or at lease as a matter of basic justice For every stale member of the United Nations devoted the abolition of capital law or fact there would appear to be second reading which is agreement in principal In my view the bill is too limited in its definition of murders punishable by death Should bill cany however I hope to be able to propose certain amendments winch if adopted would video the number of cases in which murder be punishable by the loss of the offenders debate including the Prime Minister Leader of the Opposition and the Solicitor Genera who is sponsoring the bill These speeches have given me the op portunity to review- the arguments put forth by those who support this legislation and those who oppose it- One might ask whether as the 90th speaker on the subject there is anything left for me to say I am sure there is a great deal to be said The sponsor of this but the Solicitor General and his leader the Prime Minister are abolit Yet they wish Parliament to accept a bin which is retentionist to at least the limited country somehow or other abolition at the Austria Columbia Costa Rica Dominican Republic Finland Iceland Uruguay Those are the only member countries of the United Nations that have not retained capital punishment in their judical system In con sidering the bill before the House it is wise that we not get caught up in the general impression that somehow we are catching up to the rest of the world which to a great degree is abolitionist because the fact is that the rest of he world to a great degree is retentionist On this point I have before me a publication produced by the United Nations dated February 23 1972 which is very revealing This report reads Whilst the imposition of the death penalty for reasons of vengeance or revenge finds few if any advocates few if any advocates and notion of a judical killing is generally abhorred retributive justice and necessity in the public interest are still con siderations which hold considerable sway as new formsofterrorandvilenceevolveinsociety the tendency to revert to the death penalty as the three others legally committed to the sanction and use at least as a very last resort Moreover there are examples of some states abolishing the death penalty but then returning to it either in law or practice either because they saw no adequate way of dealing with certain offences or because they feel the need for some final and extreme public denouncement of the particular behaviour for which the sentence is awarded An important consideration in any truly international appraisal is that most published studies have taken their data and orientations from the developed world and largely from the has sometimes become unfashionable to support capital punishment Civilization is tolerance and severity in punishment is a sign of backwardness and regression and so liberal thinking and the abolition of the death penalty Therefore writings that throughout the world there irresistible and ineluctable trend capital punishment liable to the extreme penalty will usually have the benefit of the best legal safeguards In fact the world picture provides no such assurances It consider the ill before us to bear in mind that we are the who will be out of step with the world if we a judicial system that does not Include the ath penalty among its provisions Aurora librarian wins award for graduates decided yet But KING TOWNSHIP Not only did Auroras new assured The Era It will go chief librarian library school toward something shes very fond of painting or piece in her class while doing it Last week Mrs Hall admitted to The Era that she had been awarded the Sebraie I9IIITRIAN Seneca Col its of Applied Arts and Technology invltts enquiries from Interested persons regarding provision of off campus 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