Obtaining recent Canadian capital punishment statistics are near impossible because Canada had abolished the death penalty some decades ago. According to Amnesty International, currently only 47% of countries worldwide use the death penalty and the United States is one of the only Western nations still using it. Some theorize that capital punishment might actually increase crime since some criminals see homicide and the consequent death penalty as a roundabout way to committing suicide. On the other hand, since murder is an irrational process, murderers rarely think about risks and rewards of their actions. Besides, a murderer's mentality is "I'll never get caught".

Vlad Draucul, ruler of what is now know as southern Romania from 1431 to 1476, was quite fond of the death penalty and found it rather amusing. "Vlad particularly enjoyed witnessing mass executions; at times he even had a banquet set up in front of the dying victims (Capital Punishment)". The death penalty was commonly used throughout European history. One of the more well known examples is the use of the guillotine during the French Revolution. During this time, mass executions were commonplace at the village squares. It was a form of entertainment and was believed to be a "just" measure of dealing with those who failed to follow the law. Actually, it was only in 1982 that France officially abolished the death penalty. (Capital Punishment)

for a stranger entering the temple Numbers 1:51 states (in part): ...when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. See also Numbers 3:10, 18:7 and 17:13.

for temple prostitution Leviticus 20:13 states: If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death.... This verse is often incorrectly interpreted to refer generally to homosexuality. See also Deuteronomy 22:24. Both verses refer to homosexual temple prostitution which was a common religious practice in the tribes surrounding the Israelites.

In these times, the death penalty was generally enforced with measures such as stoning. It is important to note that in order for an execution to take place, solid evidence was required with a minimum of two eye witnesses (Christ Unlimited Ministries)

for rape of an engaged woman Deuteronomy 22:25 states: But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die. A man who raped a single woman who was not engaged would only have to marry her and give 50 shekels of silver to her father.

The debate on whether capital punishment is beneficial or not is generally centred around its deterrent, retributive, economic, and socially protective effectiveness.

for adultery: Leviticus 20:10 states: And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. This is repeated in Deuteronomy 22:22

"And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;...a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him (Genesis 4:11-15)"

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