Why are we squeamish about executions?
(KPLR) – In Wednesday’s Jacology, Charles Jaco looks at the death penalty. In Genesis, the Lord says the Cain, what have you done? Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground. About the same time Genesis was written, the Babylonian King Hammurabi listed twenty-five crimes that carried the death penalty, including adultery and helping a slave escape. Humans have a long history with executions. In ancient times it was retribution. In the last couple of centuries, we became…
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