Resources by Topic: Doctrine and Theology

I used this article in a course I taught at Multnomah Bible College—Soc 111, Contemporary Social Ethics.

The issue is not “Is capital punishment always right?” No one maintains that capital punishment is right for every crime, or when carried out by just anyone. When it is mistakenly carried out against the innocent it is horribly wrong. The real issue should be phrased, “Is capital punishment ever right, and if so in what cases?”