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What If Jesus Had Been Tried Under Texas Law?

By Steve Hall

That's the title of Michael Landauer's post at the Dallas Morning News Death Penalty Blog.  LINK  It's a conversation with Baylor Law prof Mark Osler's, Jesus on Death Row: The Trial of Jesus and American Capital Punishment., noted here.  An abbreviated version will appear in the Sunday Morning News Viewpoints section.Here's an excerpt from this must-read:Landauer: You staged the trial of Christ under the laws of Texas at a Baptist Church in Waco as an untenured professor. What surprised you most about how that experience played out? Osler: Among many surprises, one of the most striking was the willingness of people in the congregation to consider this very old question in a new light. Many, if not most, had not thought about the modern death penalty in the context of Christ's execution, but once that idea was presented, even those who had participated in capital murder juries (there were two in that congregation) eagerly engaged in the exercise...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on March 26, 2010 (boomark / email).