ccept in
             principle the restoration of the death penalty, this motion was defeated and consequently
             maintained the norm of abolition in Canada. (McDonald, 2). This vote questioned the delegate
             democracy system, however when one takes into account the fact that public opinion is influenced
             greatly by media and emotion it becomes clear that perhaps the Members of Parliament did not
             fall victim to this scenario but rather to the demands of special interest groups. This surely
             illustrates the fact that Government at that time did indeed scorn the delegate democracy system
             in Canada, and in doing this illustrated the value that they put into the opinion of their
             One question that arises when attempting to come to a resolution on capital punishment is
             that of deterrence, does the death penalty play a role in the decrease of murder? Or does it have
             no impact whatsoever. The retentionists will argue that the fear of death will prevent murders
             from committing their crimes due to the fact that they have the knowledge that they will be
             executed if the do commit the act. However as abolitionist argue most murders are carried out
             during temporary lapses in judgment, they are "crimes of passion" therefore the threat of death
             will have no impact whatsoever on their judgment( McDonald, 52 ). When listening to this
             argument it makes one think that if a person is i
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