Father: Exactly. While a lawful State theoretically could decree such a penalty, a cursory look at the OT shows that the requirements were so complex as to make it practically impossible: See the relevent sections of the Catechism (and Commentary) of the Catholic Church. Blessings. GDVW+ Are you saying the stark provision of the Noahic covenant for capital > punishment no longer applies? > > Wayne+ > > -----Original Message----- > From: charles scott [mailto:crscottblu@...] > Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 10:53 AM > To: faithandlife@... > Subject: Re: [FaithandLife] death penalty debate: stacking the deck > > Brothers+ > > Pardon me if I've sent this twice. Yahoo is slow this > week. > > I am generally opposed to early release of criminals, > and opposed to both the death penalty and to life > imprisonment at the tax-payers expense. I'm rather in > favor of penal colonies the British used and the > Soviet Style solution: Siberia. > > He who does not work, neither let him eat. Let the > criminal element be productive or starve. There is no > justice in letting them exist at the expense of > society. > > Chaplains could still appeal for the salvation of the > souls of those on Devil's Island but even the converts > should still carry their own weight and serve whatever > sentence was meted out. > > Charles+ > > --- "The Rev GDVWiebe SSC.,PhD" <gdvw@...> > wrote: > >> > Dean Scott: As an active opponent of the deasth >> penalty I saw this. It >> is highly skewed and has an agenda. The overwhelming >> data for >> decades/centuries shows just the oppsoite. >> Blessings. GDVW+ >> > >> > AP >> > Updated: 4:09 a.m. ET June 11, 2007 >> > >> > Anti-death penalty forces have gained momentum in >> the >> > past few years, with a moratorium in Illinois, >> court >> > disputes over lethal injection in more than a >> > half-dozen states and progress toward outright >> > abolishment in New Jersey. >> > >> > The steady drumbeat of DNA exonerations - pointing >> out >> > flaws in the justice system - has weighed against >> > capital punishment. The moral opposition is loud, >> too, >> > echoed in Europe and the rest of the >> industrialized >> > world, where all but a few countries banned >> executions >> > years ago. >> > >> > > -- > To unsubscribe, send ANY message to: > faithandlife-unsubscribe@... > > -- > To unsubscribe, send ANY message to: > faithandlife-unsubscribe@... > ----------------------------------------- Celebrate the Easter/Lent Season with Catholic Online! http://www.catholic.org/clife/lent/