Why did Hugh Richardson sentence Louis Riel to death?

Answer 1

Louis Riel was a rebel and advocating the overthrow of the government.

He probably wouldn't have if they had allowed him to take his fairly won seat in Parliament.

Louis Riel got executed because, after his revolt against the government over Metis and Francophone rights he was considered a traitor, and thus executed.
He was accused of treason based on his contributions to the North-West Rebellion of 1885. It's pretty obvious that he was, indeed, guilty of treason against the Canadian government because he made it a lifelong goal to oppose them, though he is credited with the founding of Manitoba.

Answer 2

NOTE: Louis Riel did not kill Thomas Scott.

On February 18, Major Charles Boulton and his men, passing near the Fort, were arrested by Riel's men, 48 were captured, including Thomas Scott. Major Boulton was tried and sentenced to death, but the sentence was never carried out. After causing problems and attempting to escape, Thomas Scott was summoned to appear before a Métis court martial formed in accordance with the custom of the buffalo hunt and presided over by Ambroise Lépine, Louis Riel's lieutenant. The seven members of the court found him guilty of defying the authority of the Provisional Government, of fighting with the guards and insulting the President.

He was sentenced to death by a vote of five to two and the next day, March 4, 1870, he was executed by a firing squad.

Answer 3

This question is still controversial.

Although Riel was tried for, and found guilt of, treason the jury called for mercy in his case, even though there is some question that they themselves might not have been impartial. However, the judge ruled that Riel should be executed. Feeling in Québec amongst francophones was that he should be spared, feeling amongst the Orange Irish dominated population of Ontario that remembered his responsibility in the execution of Thomas Scott was that he should be hung. PM Macdonald seems to have bowed to the majority as a way of holding power.

Louis Riel was executed.

Answer 4

He didn't just die; he was killed. Hung by the canadian governement for rebelling.

Answer 5

Louis Riel was executed in Regina on November 16th 1885.

Answer 6

Riel was charged with treason, found guilty, and hanged on November 16, 1885.

Answer 7

Louis Riel was convicted of Treason, which was a capital offence. Riel is the only person in Canada ever to have been executed for the crime of treason.

Answer 8

Riel was found guilty of having committed the criminal offence of treason. At the time, the punishment for treason was death by hanging.