Capital punishment is a punishment for criminal. This punishment can kill people legally. On 1998 death penalty became abolished in Canada, but in America many countries still keep Capital punishment. One of the earliest capital punishment was in 1749. A sailor called Peter Cartcel had killed Abraham Gppdside and hurt two mans on the ship. Peter was brought to the court and sentenced to death. After the confederation country reduced the crime need to put in death in to three which are murder, rape and treason. In 1868, capital punishment will only happen privately in the prisons, not public place. Capital punishment became limited to the killing of police and prison guard in 1966. Canada had removed death penalty on 1998, instead sinner need to stay in prison for 25 years.
In the short story Two Fishermen by Morty Callaghan Thomas Delany a side character of the story have sentenced to death. Thomas had killed a man name Matthew Rhinehart because Mathew was molesting Thomas wife. If the story happened in Canada, the story should take place from 1900 to 1960’s; however, during this time capital punishment is still apart of penal code, and murder is main crime need sentence to death at this time.
I think Thomas should be killed due to the guy he kill also have family, and living as a murder is painful. Everyone should have their own family and people who love them, same with Matthew. Matthew’s family will be hurt by the death of him and they will hate Thomas like how Thomas became infuriated with Mathew. Another reason is if Thomas was not put to death, when he came out the jail he will be marked as a murder. There will be no way Thomas can live like before, so I think it is better to die. Does not matter with reason, killing is killing the life that is lost will never came back.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_Canada

this is a traditional way of capital punishment