in 2001 Canada banned capital punishment, but recent Canadians views have changed to be in more favor to bring back the death penalty. The first records of capital punishment in Canada was in 1895 with the crimes of murder, treason, and rape carried in upper and lower Canada. many countries in the 21st century have banned capital punishment, due to the large amount of people who believe it but there are still a handful of countries that still carry out the death penalty such as the USA if the short story “Two Fisherman” took place in anytime before 1961 Thomas Delany would be killed for his crime, but if it took place after 1961 Thomas Delany would not be killed, but instead sent to jail for a life sentence.
Thomas Delany definitely should not have been killed for his actions. He was only trying to self defend for his wife, although murder is never a true option sometimes a man has to do what he believes is right. Regardless of the time period the short story “Two Fisherman” took place in. Thomas was a working man, civilized and a help for the town. If the court would have let him off the hook he would have just continued his everyday life probably never to make a murder again. Thomas only made one “kill” it is not like he was a serial killer or anything. He was a nice man he did not murder the person out of person pleasure or fun it was to defend. He did not deserve to die.