capital punishment

I have never studied the topic of capital punishment from a purely non-religious angle. After listening to Alasdair MacIntyre's recent controversial paper on human dignity I am curious to raise this topic on CF. My hunch is that MacIntyre is right, and as a corollary, when confined to...

Dylann Roof appeals death sentence in Charleston church slayings Dylann Roof's appeal in his 2015 church massacre conviction focuses on killer's competency to stand trial Well, some of them were among the crowd that descended on the Capitol on January 6, they tried and failed.

South Carolina's approval of firing squad, electric chair called 'chilling'

On this day (October 27) in 1553, Michael Servetus was burned at the stake in Geneva for spreading heretical beliefs concerning the Trinity. Michael Servetus - Wikipedia I cannot make sense of executing others for heretical beliefs. But, for better or worse, Christians have done just that. It...

People who don’t believe that executions can stop further murders, and other crimes, should take a look at the criminal career of Paul Eugene Rowles (1948-2013). He first raped and killed Linda Fida, 20, in 1972, at an apartment complex in Miami. Her husband found her dead, naked body in the...

By now it should be well-known that Pope Francis has revised the Catholic Catechism to say that capital punishment is inadmissible. What do you think about the relationship between Christianity and capital punishment? I want to hear from all Christians, and I also want to give Catholics a...

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