At 01:50 PM 6/12/01 -0400, you wrote:
> > But doesn't the Bible tell us "An eye for an eye" or something?
> > It's been a while since I've read it, so I can't quote it really...
>Yes, but according to the Talmud, there were all sorts of requirements, the
>most unusual of which was:
>There had to be two witnesses who literally caught him "in the act" and saw
>the crime in progress.
>
>It was so rare for someone to be put to death that if a Sanhedrin (High
>court) put one man to death in 70 years, it was called a bloody Sanhedrin.
>
>When I have a minute, I'll look into what these requirements were. But
>NYCFUG's tonight, and there's too much to do. : )
>
>Judith
There are four instances in the bible where the phrase 'eye for eye' is
used. Most death penalty advocates ignore the last one.
Exodus 21:
22 "If men who are fighting hit a pregnant woman and she gives birth
prematurely but there is no serious injury, the offender must be fined
whatever the woman's husband demands and the court allows.
23 But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life,
24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
25 burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.
Leviticus 24
19 If anyone injures his neighbor, whatever he has done must be done to him:
20 fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. As he has injured
the other, so he is to be injured.
21 Whoever kills an animal must make restitution, but whoever kills a man
must be put to death.
Deuteronomy 19
15 One witness is not enough to convict a man accused of any crime or
offense he may have committed. A matter must be established by the
testimony of two or three witnesses.
16 If a malicious witness takes the stand to accuse a man of a crime,
17 the two men involved in the dispute must stand in the presence of the
LORD before the priests and the judges who are in office at the time.
18 The judges must make a thorough investigation, and if the witness proves
to be a liar, giving false testimony against his brother,
19 then do to him as he intended to do to his brother. You must purge the
evil from among you.
20 The rest of the people will hear of this and be afraid, and never again
will such an evil thing be done among you.
21 Show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for
hand, foot for foot.
Matthew 5
38 "You have heard that it was said, `Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.'
39 But I tell you, Do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on
the right cheek, turn to him the other also.
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