A Couple of Words on the Death Penalty
August 05, 2005
A reader asks,
“Will you be responding to Bottum’s case against the Death Penalty in First Things? What do you think of the death penalty? For myself I am, to put it light-heartedly, vigorously opposed to lethal injection, and enthusiasticaly for hanging by noose. You?”
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Joseph Bottum’s article opposing the death penalty on putatively Christian grounds has gained some attention online. Winning the prize for conciseness and clarity is The Japery’s brief statement at The New Pantagruel. Hugo Schwyzer, a liberal Christian… [Read More]
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