L'une des raisons pour lesquelles on a été tellement prudent dans le dossier de la peine capitale, c'est que, pendant une bonne partie de cette période, de 60 à 70 p. 100 des Canadiens voulaient conserver la peine capitale.
One of the reasons why they had to be so cautious on the capital punishment issue is that, during a good period of that time, between 60 per cent and 70 per cent of the Canadian people wanted capital punishment retained, so it behooved elected politicians to proceed with due caution.