PHI 3395 Lecture Notes - Liberation Tigers Of Tamil Eelam, Slippery Slope, Fundamental Justice
12 Apr 2014
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Terrorism: suresh v minister of immigration, [2002, background, capital punishment banned by parliament in 1976; attempted reinstatement voted down by parliament in 1987, charter s. 12 prohibits cruel and unusual punishment," though bearing on capital punishment is questionable. No clear meaning vis-a-vis capital punishment: united states v burns, extradition case to country with capital punishment, 2 young men, one was burns. They had killed an american family (in especially brutal fashion. Beaten w/ bball bats): burns and other were canadian, committed crime in usa, captured by rcmp in. Canada: usa made standard move to seek extradition. Dilemma canada has decided against capital punishment, that it is not an acceptable form of punishment. Should it turn people over to countries where such a fate is likely: not canada executing cappun, but they are still, in a way, culpable. Cappun, other such legal arbitrariness: suresh case heard may 2001; decision jan 2002, sept. 11, 2001 intervenes, anti-terrorism act in canada, december 2001.
