Pepperdine Law Review Volume 27 Issue 1 Article 4 12-15-1999 The Christian Executioner: Reconciling “An Eye for an Eye” with “Turn the Other Cheek” Jill Jones Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/plr Part of the Criminal Law Commons, Judges Commons, and the Religion Law Commons Recommended Citation Jill Jones The Christian Executioner: Reconciling “An Eye for an Eye” with “Turn the Other Cheek”, 27 Pepp. L. Rev. Iss. 1 (2000) Available at: https://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/plr/vol27/iss1/4 This Comment is brought to you for free and open access by the Caruso School of Law at Pepperdine Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Pepperdine Law Review by an authorized editor of Pepperdine Digital Commons. For more information, please contact
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[email protected]. The Christian Executioner: Reconciling "An Eye for an Eye" with "Turn the Other Cheek" God quit you in his mercy! Hear your sentence.... Touching our person seek we no revenge; But we our kingdom's safety must so tender, whose ruin you have sought, that to her laws we do deliver you. Get you therefore hence, poor miserable wretches, to your death: The taste whereof, God his mercy give you patience to endure, and true repentance of all your dear offences! Bear them hence. King Henry V, WILLLAM SHAKESPEARE, KING HENRY V act 2, sc. 2. I am going face to face with Jesus now. I love all of you very much. I will see you all when you get there.