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Does Judaism believe in the death penalty?
Published 6 years, 6 months ago
Description
The ethics of capital punishment has been hotly debated for decades with our Governor recently taking a strong position against capital punishment. Throughout this debate, the perspective of Judaism has been brought up repeatably by both side including by the Eighth Circuit in 1988 Hayes V. Lockhart case.
What does Judaism in fact say about the death penalty? On which side of the debate does Judaism fall?