The death penalty is unjust double jeopardy, Jesus already having died for all of the egregious crimes and unconscionable acts of all mankind (1 John 2:2) and is useful only to assuage the bloodthirstiness of the angry mob..
Let the nastygrams and flaming begin.
God established the death penalty Himself. He sees no contradiction there.
And it’s not about revenge. It’s about justice and protecting society from repeat offenders.
As far as the forgiveness angle, that’s between the perp and victim’s family and should have no bearing on the ultimate meting out of true justice. Otherwise, your concept of *mercy* would free murderers to murder yet again. Nor should society be saddled with supporting the murderer for life in prison.
She’s killed enough babies. She needs to be stopped, permanently.
All who accept His sacrifice and acknowledge Him as Savior.
I recall reading once, that the death penalty, on average, saves seven lives for every execution. Executing one murderer saves seven innocent lives.
We have numerous cases of convicted murderers being released, and killing again. Especially those convicted of 2nd degree murder, often in a plea deal, who are released in their forties, and who go out and kill again. Very, very common.
Jesus died for all sins for which Almighty God’s penalty is death.
“every single jot and tittle”, or do you dispute Jesus’ words?
Thus by your thinking, in contravention to Jesus, only “egregious” crimes deserve God’s capital judgement.
Jesus died for our sins, not to satisfy the judicial penalties that are owed by criminals in the here and now. If we extend your logic, then shouldn’t we also set all the thieves and rapists free, since Jesus died for them too?
Proverbs 18:5
You are wrong!
You also forget there is a hell awaiting all evildoers. Send them there sooner.
Double Jeopardy is a legal concept, not a theological one. The concept of Double Jeopardy didn't even exist at the time of Jesus. I think it started in England in the 1200s or so. [The U.K. ended it in 2003, so it's not even in force here.]
But your argument seems to mean that the law can't prosecute any crime, not just give the death penalty. If there is jeopardy attached because Jesus died for our sins, that means no person could be prosecuted for murder, rape, etc. You think the government should just ignore these crime?