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Punishment and Sentencing: Courts and Community. A Question of Attitude

In our responses and attitudes as Christians to the problem of crime and the depravity of criminal behaviour and its perpetrators, we surely have to begin by acknowledging that every person, criminal or not, is of such value to God that there is rejoicing amongst the angels, Jesus tells us, when one sinner repents (Luke 15:10).

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