CNST 333 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Execution By Firing Squad, Aboriginal Peoples In Canada, Don Jail

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Canadian Studies
• Course: CNST 333
• Professor: Kevin Anderson

Document Summary

Introduction to comparative studies of the us and canada. Prison population: canada, 55,000 including youth offenders; us, 2. 26 million adults. 37. 4% of the prison population in the us is african- american, although they compose 13% of the overall population. Aboriginal canadians are 23% of the prison population although they compose 4. 3% of the overall population. Metis, first nations and inuit are recognized as distinct aboriginal groups in the. There are over 500 recognized tribes in the us numbering 5 million people, or a scant 1. 6% of the overall population. Canada has a complicated and often changing status system. Us has a death penalty, canada doesn"t. Utah has restored the firing squad- cause they cant get the drugs from legal injections. 32 states have the death penalty in the us. Earliest to abolish, michigan (1846), most recent, maryland (2013) 1967: death penalty is abolished for all murder cases, except for on-duty police officers and prison guards.