The long history of the death penalty has been a very interesting topic in the eyes of sociologists. Sociologists try to understand if reinstating the death penalty in Canada would be beneficial for society as a whole, or if the death penalty is an actual useful punishment to deter crimes. History has shown that having capital punishment as a retribution mode of deterring crime has not always been the most successful mode of deterrence of crime. In the 1800’s, the focus of punishment towards the perpetrator was involving physical pain towards the individual. Physical forms of punishment included things such as whipping, pillars, and even death by hanging. When the turn of the century occurred in the 1900’s, the focus of punishment turned towards
