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===In Canada===
===In Canada===
[[Canada]] does not employ capital punishment, and it has not been a possible sentence in Canada since [[1998]].
Canada long employed capital punishment as a punishment for [[murder]] or [[treason]], typically executing prisoners with by [[long drop hanging|long drop]] [[hanging]] in the case of civilians, and by [[firing squad]] in the case of soldiers or other military. Canada had several notorious executioners, particularly [[Arthur B. English]], also known as "Arthur Ellis", after whom [[Arthur Ellis Awards|a Canadian literary award]] for mystery writing is named.
==Religious views of capital punishment==
==Religious views of capital punishment==