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"What if Jesus had been tried under Texas law?"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the headline of this item in the Dallas Morning News, which sets up a Q&A interview with Baylor lawprof Mark Osler this way: What if Jesus were sentenced under Texas laws? Would he still be executed? Would he still be executed? That question led Baylor Law School professor Mark Osler to stage the trial of Christ under the rules of Texas law for a Waco congregation. The death penalty opponent and sentencing guidelines expert summarized his thoughts in a book published last year, Jesus on Death Row.  The following is an interview ... with Mark Osler.

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on March 25, 2010 (boomark / email).