TY  - BOOK
AU  - Redekop,Vern Neufeld
TI  - A life for a life?: death penalty on trial 
T2  - Peace and justice series
SN  - 0585239916
AV  - HV8694 .R42 1990eb
U1  - 364.6/6 20
PY  - 1990///
CY  - Scottdale, Pa.
PB  - Herald Press
KW  - Capital punishment
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Peine de mort
KW  - Aspect religieux
KW  - Christianisme
KW  - Enseignement biblique
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Penology
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Social Welfare & Social Work
KW  - hilcc
KW  - Social Sciences
KW  - Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (page 102); The death penalty. Everybody has something to say ; Killing, you shall kill ; Death-deserving behaviors ; Cold-blooded murder ; Vengeance is mine ; Child of -- ; The teachings of Jesus ; What is justice? -- Steps for responding to violent crime. Get out of the rut ; Be present with victims ; Denounce the action ; See prisoners as humans ; Search out the truth ; Show consequences and give choices ; Make choices ; Take a long-term interest ; So what?
N2  - Violent crime touches all of us in some way. We know persons who have been abused, beaten, or killed. We fear theft, rape, murder. We pay taxes to support the police, the judges, and the correctional centers. In this book the author suggests that something is dreadfully wrong with our criminal justice system. It focuses more on punishing the offender than on making things right. It is more concerned with establishing blame than reconciling the victim and offender. "A life for a life' seems to be the motto. If this phrase sounds familiar, it is. But the author claims the Scriptures do not support the principle of revenge. Rather, the Mosaic law provided refuge for the offender and made quick, biased punishment almost impossible
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