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- W841327478 abstract "As a sociologist I have spent years arguing against the death penalty on several grounds. The data indicate that alternative sentences have equal deterrent effect, judicial errors are inevitable, and the pressure on police and prosecutors to close homicide cases combines with discrimination to produce a death row populated by the poor and racial minorities. These are valid arguments but they have never been my primary motivation for opposing the death penalty. As a human being, I believe that executions are immoral; as a Christian I recognize them as spiritually harmful. An execution is a demonic exercise. It produces a strong drive to have power over others, promises rewards it cannot deliver, and divides what should be united (the Greek root is daiesthai‐to divide). The demonic seductively portrays false appearances as reality, and ultimately causes great spiritual damage, including inability to recognize how we have been damaged. Those familiar with traditional Christian teaching may point to arguments for the right of a society to execute predators to protect the innocent. This principle with roots in medieval theology was addressed by Pope John Paul II in 1995 in his encyclical, Evangelium Vitae: 1 the right to incapacitate a criminal through execution does not apply to societies that have the “means of effectively suppressing crime by rendering criminals harmless without definitely denying them the chance to reform.” This applies to all societies with a level of organization capable of secure prisons. The Pope reiterated this teaching in his 1999 pastoral visit to the United States. Traditional arguments about public safety and societal rights of self-defense are no longer relevant in industrialized countries like the United States. In fact, utilitarian arguments for the death penalty are not emphasized in the contemporary debate. Today, death penalty advocates, including those with a self-described Christian perspective, argue for executions as a matter of justice. Executions are the condemned person’s payment of a debt that must be exacted regardless of benefit to society." @default.
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- W841327478 title "Confronting the Demonic Quality of the Death Penalty" @default.
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