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You Shall Not Murder
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Lectionary Tales For The Pulpit
62 Stories For Cycle B
There was once a man who was an active proponent of capital punishment. He wrote hundreds of letters to the editor, circulated petitions door to door, testified in public hearings, and lobbied his state legislators and congresspersons to enact strict laws requiring the death penalty for every kind of murder. "A life for a life," he was fond of saying. "That's what it says in the scriptures."

