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# Cursing someone ([[Leviticus]] 24:14)

# Cursing someone ([[Leviticus]] 24:14)

It would appear, however, that this was repudiated by [[Jesus]]: ''"He who is without sin among you, let him cast the first stone"''<ref>John 8:7</ref> is cited as evidence that humans do not have the right to judge another worthy of death.  In addition, many [[Christian]]s find the death penalty repugnant since their Savior was put to death under draconian [[Roman]] death penalty laws.

Christians generally accept that the death penalty is no longer necessary or even recommended for offenses other than murder today (due to the specific context of biblical books such as [[Leviticus]], and a number Christians oppose the death penalty in all cases.

== Capital punishment in the United States ==

== Capital punishment in the United States ==