Capital Punishment, as practiced in the United States owes nothing to the Bible. America convicts on a standard of "beyond a reasonable doubt," but the Bible required a minimum of two eye-witnesses who, themselves, faced execution if they provided false testimony - in other words, a standard of "beyond ANY doubt."
I'm not completely opposed to capital punishment - in the case of premeditated murder, child molestation, and other heinous crimes, I would support Capital Punishment if the standard was "beyond any doubt" but it's not, so I can't support it.
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