Capital punishment, is a form of legal punishment by murder for a crime committed. There are 5 formed of capital punishment: lethal injection, nude and gallows, fire squad, gas chamber and the electric chair. Canada commenced capital punishment in 1865, and continued all way up into 1976. You can be sentenced to capital punishment by premeditated murder, (arson, burglary, sexual assault, murder). The last official use of capital punishment in Canada was in 1962.

The short story “The Two Fishermen” by Morley Callaghan, it could take place in between the years 1865-1966 if it was set in Canada. It was considered “sexual assault so it could not take place after the year 1966. I believe that Thomas should not be sentenced to capital punishment, because he was preforming an act in defense of his wife and himself. The most important fact is that he did not plan the murders so it should not be considered “premediated”. He was also a younger and should not be treated like an adult.    “The people get prepared to convict the criminal”