Capital Punishmentt
Two Fishermen -by

This is a photo taken before the hanging of Kreis Kaplitz. He was hung on January 2nd in 1946 for killing 5 American airmen in Landsberg Germany.

 

Capital punishment also known as death penalty, is the legally authorized killing of someone as punishment for a crime. In pre confederation Canada, many criminal offences were punishable by death until the last two men where hung in 1962.

If the story Two Fisher Men took place in Canada, it probably would have been in the 1920’s. I think this because of how the hanging was described, in the 1950’s death penalty’s would happen in jails in front of small groups involved in the case. In the story two fishermen the hanging is shown to the whole town, and I understand why they eventually made hangings privet events after reading this story because of the way the public could react. Another reason why I think this happened I the 1920’s is because it didn’t seem like their was much of an investigation into the details of this case. We have no idea if Thomas’ wife actually got raped or if that is just his side of the story.

Personally I do not think Thomas Delaney should have been hung because as far as we know he was just defending his wife. I personally don’t support capital punishment so I wouldn’t support the idea of killing someone for any reason but we don’t even know if he killed intentionally, or if it was an accident, and I don’t understand how anyone could execute a person when they don’t have all the facts first. Even if it wasn’t an accident Thomas Delaney was trying to save his wife from a rapist! Jail is one thing but hanging someone who was protecting their family is another