Mark Osler, a former federal prosecutor and present faculty member at a conservative Christian law school in Texas, has written Jesus on Death Row: The Trial of Jesus and American Capital Punishment.
The book offers a comparison between the trial and execution of Jesus and a capital case conducted in the U.S. justice system. The use of paid informants, conflicting testimony of witnesses, and the denial of clemency in both Jesus’ case and in recent cases in the U.S. are cited as examples of existing parallels.
The book is scheduled for release in February 2009 and can be pre-ordered here.
(M. Osler, “Jesus on Death Row: The Trial of Jesus and American Capital Punishment,” Abingdon Press, 2008). Posted Dec. 3, 2008.
See Books and Religion. DPIC also offers materials for communities of faith that wish to explore the death penalty further. Contact Elaine De Leon.
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