[aspiring.hillbilly]

"[a]ssuming that the guilty party's identity and responsibility have been fully determined, the traditional teaching of the Church does not exclude recourse to the death penalty, if this is the only possible way of effectively defending human lives against the unjust aggressor."

Did a search and cannot find that quotation in the Bible, pray tell what chapter and verse is that derived from? Furthermore I didn't realize the Bible came in bureaucratic language...

[Pyro7480]

You believe in the rule of law, don't you?