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On the one hand, the Bible clearly calls for capital punishment in the case of intentional murder. In Genesis 9:6, God told Noah that the penalty for intentional murder should be death: \u201cWhoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image.\u201d<\/p>\n

The death penalty was explicitly grounded in the fact that God made every individual human being in his own image, and thus an act of intentional murder is an assault upon human dignity and the very image of God. In the simplest form, the Bible condemns murder and calls for the death of the murderer. The one who intentionally takes life by murder forfeits the right to his own life.<\/p>\n

In the New Testament, the Apostle Paul instructs Christians that the government \u201cdoes not bear the sword in vain.\u201d Indeed, in this case the magistrate \u201cis the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God\u2019s wrath on the evildoer.\u201d [Romans 13:4] <\/p>\n

On the other hand, the Bible raises a very high requirement for evidence in a case of capital murder.<\/p>\n

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