Whoevercurses his God...he who blasphemes the nameof the Lord shall be put to death.*8 XXX Youshall appointjudges andofficers in all your towns whichthe lord your God gives you, according to yourtribe, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment. You shall not prevent justice, you shall not showpartiality, and youshall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous. Justice and only justice youshallfollow, that you may live and inherit the land which the Lord your Godgives you. *4 XxX If any harmfollows, then youshall give life forlife, eye for an eye, hand for a hand, foot for foot, tooth for a tooth, burn for a burn, woundfor a wound, stripefor stripe.*5 XXX If there is a dispute between men, and they come into court, and judges decide between them, acquitting the innocent and condemning the guilty, thenifthe guilty man deserves to be beaten, thejudge shall cause himto lie down andbe beaten inhis presence with a numberof stripes in proportion to his openness... forty stripes maybe given him... XXX And ifaman has committed a crime punishable by death andhe is putto death, and you hang him on atree...27 In the books of Prophet Solomon (MPBUH), thecapital penalty is prescribed forthe wicked and the treacherous: Forthe upright will inhabit the earth and menofintegrity will remaininit; but the wickedwill cut offfromthe land andthe treacherous will be rootedoutof it. 28 Andthe sameteaching is preachedin the books of Prophet David (MPBUH): Thefather shall not be put to deathfor the children, or the children be putto deathfor thefathers; but every manshall diefor his ownsin.*° In the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke, Jesus Christ, the Messiah (MPBUH) hasprescribed the lawof equality: ® Leviticus 24: 13-16 Deuteronomy 16: 18-20 * Exodus21:23-25; Leviticus 24:19-21; Deuteronomy19: 11-21 *© Deuteronomy 3 2” Deuteronomy21:22-23 * Proverbs 2:21 °° 2 Kings 14:6, 2 Chronicles 25:4