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"Capital Punishment examines all aspects of capital punishment in the United States. It discusses the history behind the death penalty in the United States and varying opinions about the ethics of capital punishment..."

"The ban on capital punishment in Australia, international discussion concerning the death penalty, and protection of Australians sentenced to death abroad are discussed."

The author reviews how various social, political, and ethical questions related to the execution of criminals have been addressed throughout the history of Australia from 1788. The ban on capital punishment in Australia, international discussion concerning the death penalty, and protection of Australians sentenced to death abroad are discussed.

"The article presents an argument that the Australian Federal Police (AFP) are responsible for the death penalty being applied to some Australians who were part of the Bali Nine group arrested in Indonesia for drug smuggling..."

"When Indonesian President Joko Widodo proceeds with these executions, it surely suggests there is no human spirit to bind us..."

"Confidential government documents show Australia has devalued its moral authority to oppose capital punishment in South-East Asia through its willingness to assist in death penalty cases, say civil liberties advocates."

"The execution of the three Bali bombers in 2008 was a low point in Australia's opposition to the death penalty..."

"Public support for the death penalty, which reached a four-decade low in 2016, has increased somewhat since then. Today, 54% of Americans favor the death penalty for people convicted of murder, while 39% are opposed, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted in April and May ... "

"In recent years, a growing body of scholarship has developed in the United States that applies concepts in Jewish law to unsettled, controversial, and challenging areas of American legal thought ... "

A presentation delivered by Jonathan Sarna. Sarna is the Joseph H. & Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History at Brandeis University and Director of its Hornstein Jewish Professional Leadership Program. Dubbed by the Forward newspaper as one of America's fifty most influential American Jews, he was Chief Historian for the 350th commemoration of the American Jewish community, and is recognized as a leading commentator on American Jewish history, religion and life.

"Does capital punishment differ in Torah law and in American law? Very much so ... "

"The article focuses on Cardinal Joseph Bernardin. It is suggested that Bernardin was concerned about the futility of treating issues including abortion, capital punishment, and nuclear proliferation. Also included are his thoughts about the ideology of ethic of life..."

The article reports that faith leaders have opposed the decision of the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump to end the moratorium on the federal death penalty.

"The role of religion in support for capital punishment remains unclear because most faiths contain opposing messages of punishment and redemption. This study seeks to provide a better understanding of this often contradictory relationship between religion and support for the death penalty..."

"The article offers information on the efforts of the catholic society to abolish the death penalty and restore the dignity of all human life..."

"In the past couple of years, however, Catholic leaders have firmly established the Church's opposition to the death penalty, while leaders of the fundamentalist Christian community have experienced a dramatic turnaround in their stance on the issue..."

"In support of current movements to abolish the death penalty, the National Council of Churches hereby declares its opposition to capital punishment. In so doing. it finds itself in substantial agreement with a number of member denominations which have already expressed opposition to the death penalty ... "

" ... there is an increasing awareness that the dignity of the person is not lost even after the commission of very serious crimes ... "

"Rooted in both scripture and the rich tradition of our faith, Catholic Social Teaching is a guide for how to live as a people of justice and mercy ... "

"The article offers the author's insights on the spiritual and moral challenges of capital punishment. Topics discussed include the author's presumption and argument against the death penalty, the execution of punishment to prisoners by Jews, and the opposition and modern ideas of Pope Francis on capital punishment and detention..."

"Prosecutors want the death penalty for Robert Bowers. Here's why rabbis oppose it..."

"The article states that the leaders of the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, New Light congregation and Dor Hadash congregation remained opposed to a motion filed by U.S. attorneys to pursue the death penalty against accused mass shooter Robert Bowers, who was accused of killing 11 people at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh..."

"Modern Israel has never had capital punishment, and the American Jewish Congress says 'capital punishment degrades and brutalizes the society which practices it, and is… cruel, unjust, and incompatible with [human] dignity and self-respect..."

"From Adam and Eve to Cain and Abel to Noah and the Flood to Abraham and Sodom to Moses and the Ten Commandments, Biblical passages trace the roots for how modern society deals with the execution of killers ... "

A video of Professor Robert Becker who builds an argument for Capital Punishment.

"he Torah prescribes death as punishment for a number of serious sins — among them murder, idol worship and desecrating the Sabbath — as well as several seemingly less serious ones, like serially disobeying one’s parents. In practice, however, death sentences were rarely carried out by Jewish courts ... "

" ... In our circle of nations, only in the United States and Japan is capital punishment still available. The European Constitutional Court has declared our procedures cruel and unacceptable ... "

"Ultimately, in Jewish tradition, our highest commandment is to preserve life..."

" “The Torah allows the death penalty in certain cases, and actually commands it, but the question then becomes how do we actually enforce this,” said Gorban ... "

"The death penalty as administered today in the United States operates according to a much looser set of standards than that which is outlined by the Talmud and by Jewish law..."

"The Bible prescribes the death penalty for at least 36 transgressions, from intentional murder to cursing one’s parents, but the practice essentially ended when the rabbinic sages of the Talmud imposed preconditions and evidence requirements so rigorous as to make capital punishment a rarity ... "

"Almost every country in the Western world has banned the use of capital punishment in its civil penal system. The one prominent exception is the United States, which continues to debate the efficacy and morality of the death penalty for murderers ... "

"In recent years, a growing body of scholarship has developed in the United States that applies concepts in Jewish law to unsettled, controversial, and challenging areas of American legal thought ... "

A presentation delivered by Jonathan Sarna. Sarna is the Joseph H. & Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History at Brandeis University and Director of its Hornstein Jewish Professional Leadership Program. Dubbed by the Forward newspaper as one of America's fifty most influential American Jews, he was Chief Historian for the 350th commemoration of the American Jewish community, and is recognized as a leading commentator on American Jewish history, religion and life.

"Does capital punishment differ in Torah law and in American law? Very much so ... "