Watchwoman: Does the Bible support the death penalty and capital punishment?  Yes, the Bible supports the execution of murderers and a few other crimes.  God was the first to set up the death penalty. After the worldwide Flood of Noah’s time, God put safeguards in place against human violence. Of prime importance was the death penalty:…

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A U.S. Army General Wednesday approved a possible death penalty in the future military trial of Major Nidal Hasan, the American Muslim accused of killing 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas.  Hasan is charged with those homicides and the wounding of 32 others in a lone-gunman shooting spree on November 5, 2009.

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