... crimes. Others also quote the Sixth Commandment which, in the original Hebrew reads, "Thou Shall Not Commit Murder." However, these literal interpretations of selected passages from the Bible which are often quoted out of context corrupt the compassionate attitude of Judaism and Christianity. These religions clearly focus on redemption and forgiveness, and urge humane and effective ways of dealing with crime and ... violence. Those who use the Bible to support the death penalty are by themselves since almost all religious groups in the United States regard executions as immoral. They in...

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... crimes. Others also quote the Sixth Commandment which, in the original Hebrew reads, "Thou Shall Not Commit Murder." However, these literal interpretations of selected passages from the Bible which are often quoted out of context corrupt the compassionate attitude of Judaism and Christianity, which clearly focuses on redemption and forgiveness, and urges humane and effective ways of dealing with crime and violence ... . Those who use the Bible to support the death penalty are by themselves since almost all religious groups in the United States regard executions as immoral. They include, ...

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... individuals may surmise that they would rather spare themselves a couple charge dollars." Extending individual-level analyses, we also find that white responses to capital punishment are sensitive to local context. Perhaps most important, our results clarify the impact of race in two ways. First, racial prejudice emerges here as a comparatively strong predictor of white support for the death penalty. ... , arbitrariness, and racial skew-do not require abolition because the realm of homicide suffers from those same problems in even more acute form. " " Case in point, in the Christian Bib...

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... surveys cited by Christianity Today magazine in 1995, four points higher than support among the population at large (Zorn 1). Those who bother to reference scripture "toss in quotes from the Bible to back up what they've already decided anyway," wrote famed death-penalty foe Sister Helen Prejean. "People want to not only practice vengeance but also have God agree with ... 2001). The question as to whether it is an effective form of punishment seems to be answered by public opinion in these numbers, but holds a slightly different meaning in a religious context. A common theme among all r...

• Word Count: 1667
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