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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