The death penalty is an appropriate consequence for particularly serious offenses, and it expresses society’s aversion to the act for which the punishment was imposed.
The death penalty deters people from committing serious crimes.
The death penalty allows loved ones of murder victims to feel a “closure” that enables them to overcome the psychological distress caused by the murder of a loved one, and to continue their lives.
Capital punishment is necessary to protect people from criminals who may do harm to those around them, whether inside or outside prison.
This is basically saying that killing people will make people fear doing bad.
This is basically saying that killing people will make people fear doing bad.
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The Torah (both shebichtav and sheb’al-peh) does have a framework for capital punishment. I would look to the Talmud, midrash…
The Torah (both shebichtav and sheb’al-peh)
does have a framework for capital punishment.
I would look to the Talmud, midrash and poskim
for how these psukim are practically applied.
Some of these specifics may not necessarily apply
when the beis din does not have the power to enforce them
(such as in the US under our legal system),
The aveirah of avodah zara is yehareg v’al yaavor,
meaning that one is obligated to die rather than transgress it.
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Same as above. The Torah (both shebichtav and sheb'al-peh) does have a framework for capital punishment, but I don't know…
Same as above. The Torah (both shebichtav and sheb'al-peh) does have a framework for capital punishment, but I don't know how much of it applies in situations when the Jewish community is subject to a just government that has different laws
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Elazar Cramer
The aveirah of avodah zara is yehareg v'al yaavor, meaning that one is obligated to die rather than transgress it.
The aveirah of avodah zara is yehareg v'al yaavor, meaning that one is obligated to die rather than transgress it.
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