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Robert J. Hoshowsky discusses the end of the death penalty in Canada.

Robert J. Hoshowsky author of "The Last to Die: Ronald Turpin, Arthur Lucas, and the End of Capital Punishment in Canada" discusses the end of the death penalty in Canada.

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