I think you're right, Ed T. Much of it is in the eye of the beholder.

That said, let it be known that Canada last executed a human on December 11, 1962. England last executed a human on August 13, 1964. It is worthy of note that for Scotland the date for last execution is August 15, 1963; for Northern Ireland it is December 20, 1961, and for Wales it is May 6, 1958.

I have always wondered why mass murderers like Pinochet from Chile who died in Chile in 2006 and Amin from Uganda who died in Saudi Arabia in 2003 were allowed to escape the death penalty. I guess you kill one person it's murder, kill ten thousand it's a statistic. Note that neither Amin nor Pinochet spent any substantial time in jail. So much for that, huh?