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Christians generally do not support capital punishment for the above non-murder offenses due to the specific context of biblical books such as [[Leviticus]] and [[Deuteronomy]] representing a treaty between [[God]] and the Israeli people, and a number of Christians oppose the death penalty in all cases. Apologist [[JP Holding]] argues that the Bible including the New Testament nowhere repudiates the use of capital punishment, but that it does not necessarily mandate its use, either. <ref>http://www.tektonics.org/af/cappun.html</ref>

Christians generally do not support capital punishment for the above non-murder offenses due to the specific context of biblical books such as [[Leviticus]] and [[Deuteronomy]] representing a treaty between [[God]] and the Israeli people, and a number of Christians oppose the death penalty in all cases. Apologist [[JP Holding]] argues that the Bible including the New Testament nowhere repudiates the use of capital punishment, but that it does not necessarily mandate its use, either. <ref>http://www.tektonics.org/af/cappun.html</ref>

== Capital punishment in the United States ==

== Capital punishment in the United States ==