The Justices spar over the constitutionality of the death penalty

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(06-30-2015, 01:17 AM)Benton Wrote: Eh, not seeing that. At the time, most cultures answered murder with murder. Capital punishment applied to a variety of crimes, including theft in some cultures during that time. Roman law was one of the harshest of all cultures at that period in time. You could be killed for instigating a fight. A female could be killed for not being a virgin. The punishment for killing a family member was to be sewn into a bag with animals, normally a hungry dog.

I don't think life in prison would be considered unjust given the time period. 

Even more so when considering the whole "turn the other cheek" issue. 

God's first guidance in Human Governance was If you shed man's blood then your blood should be shed by man.

I'm sorry you don't agree with the word.

The word also gives numerous accounts of making sure you are right before you pass judgement. 

Turn the other cheek is how the individual should behave. Not how society should judge.