{"id":119,"date":"2009-05-31T21:55:14","date_gmt":"2009-05-31T21:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jazztheologian\/2009\/05\/jesus-on-death.html"},"modified":"2009-05-31T21:55:14","modified_gmt":"2009-05-31T21:55:14","slug":"jesus-on-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jazztheologian\/2009\/05\/jesus-on-death.html","title":{"rendered":"Jesus on Death Row: The Trial of Jesus and American Capital Punishment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jazztheologian.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c63c953ef011570b4c4a9970b-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jesus on Death Row\" border=\"0\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341c63c953ef011570b4c4a9970b selected \" src=\"https:\/\/www.jazztheologian.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c63c953ef011570b4c4a9970b-120pi\" \/><\/a> I just started a new book called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0687647568\/1n9867a-20\" target=\"_blank\">Jesus on Death Row: The Trial of Jesus and American Capital Punishment<\/a>. The author, Mark Osler, is a former prosecutor and current Professor of Law at Baylor University of School of Law. &#160;I&#039;m intrigued by his approach because he is looking at the trial of Jesus through the eyes of the US court system. &#160;As one who is predisposed to a non-violent,&#160;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.consistent-life.org\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">consistent&#160;life ethic<\/a>, I&#039;m intrigued by the argument.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just started a new book called Jesus on Death Row: The Trial of Jesus and American Capital Punishment. 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