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Theories of Punishment

Capital Punishment

Forgiveness

Biblical Passages

Glossary

Case Studies

Greg’s Dilemma

Crime and Punishment

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Theories of Punishment

Retribution

Reform

Vindication

Protection

Deterrence

Theories of Punishment: Deterrence

Deterrence is to deter or put people off from

offending or re-offending.

The logic of deterrence is:

1. Punishment deters crime.

2. Reducing crime is good.

3. Therefore punishment is good.

Deterrence promotes an orderly society so that

individuals may exercise their freedom.

Theories of Punishment: Deterrence

But Deterrence Might Justify Punishing The

Innocent!

If too much focus is placed on deterrence

innocent people might be used as a ‘means to

an end.’ For example, in school a new teacher

might deliberately pick on an innocent student

and punish them as a way of deterring others

from being disruptive. Even if such methods

achieved the desired result most people would

think such punishment was unfair.

Think! Punishment / Deterrence

1. Effective Deterrents...

(A) Cutting off the arm of a car thief?

(B) Castrating a paedophile?

(C) Death penalty for hi-jack terrorists?

Give reasons for your judgements.

Theories of Punishment: Retribution

Retribution is to ‘pay back’ the offender for the

crime they have committed.

• It is unjust if the guilty are not punished because

they would not receive what they deserve.

• The type of punishment should be in proportion

to the crime which has been committed. This is

the meaning behind the Biblical passage, “An eye

for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.” So a serious crime

should receive a more serious punishment than a

minor offence. Justice requires punishments to be

neither too harsh nor too lenient, but appropriate

to the crime.


Problems of Retribution:

(1) It is not easy to agree on suitable forms of

punishment which fit the crime.

Can you agree suitable punishments for:

1) A drunk driver who is over the legal alcohol limit

and killed a teenage cyclist?

2) A man who spikes a woman’s drink and then

rapes her?

3) A youth who steals mobile phones?

4) A property owner who hits and injures a burglar

with a stick while trying to defend her property?

Think! Punishment / Retribution

Appropriate Punishment?

(1) Think of a crime where you would

increase the punishment in order to fit the

crime.

(2) Think of a crime where you would reduce

the punishment as it is currently too harsh.

(3) What reasons help you to decide whether

or not a punishment is appropriate for the

crime committed?



(2) Different cultures view actions differently.

Should...

• Adultery be a crime?

• Polygamy (having more than one wife /

husband) be a crime?

• Drinking alcohol be a crime?

• A woman driving a car be crime?

In some cultures the above are crimes and the

punishment is quite severe!

• Research: In which counties are the above

actions illegal? (You may be surprised!)



(3) Punishment is its only motive.

• The 18th century philosopher Immanuel Kant, a

retributionist, argued, “Punishment by a court can never

be inflicted merely as a way of promoting some other

good for the criminal himself or for civil society. It must

always be inflicted upon him only because he has

committed a crime.”

• Why else should a criminal be punished?

“He brings his

misdeed back

upon himself,

and what is

done to him is

what he has

done on

others.” (Kant)



(4) Retribution is backward looking.

• When punishing an individual retribution looks

back to the crime that has been committed and

delivers an appropriate punishment.

• However, other theories of punishment, such

as reform, look to the future of how the criminal

may be helped so as to restore them to society

as a fit and responsible individual who is

unlikely to re-offend.

Theories of Punishment: Protection

Protection is an aim of punishment.

1. Protect society from criminals re-offending by

sending them to prison, where they are no

longer a threat to society, or on intensive

therapy courses aimed at rehabilitating them.

2. Protect the criminal from revenge attacks

from the victim / victim’s family or friends.

3. Protect the criminal from harming

themselves.

Think! Punishment / Protection

Do you think it is right for

society to spend hundreds of

thousands of pounds on

giving criminals a new

identity so as to protect them

from possible revenge

attacks? Give reasons for

your views.

Theories of Punishment: Reform

• Reform aims to correct a criminal’s behaviour so

that they are able to resume a life in the

community as a responsible, law abiding citizen.

• Reform means that the punishment should be

suitable for the offender, rather than the offence.

This means that criminals who have committed

similar crimes would receive different sentences

depending on their situation and needs.

• Christians believe that as all human beings are

made in the image of God reform is an important

feature of punishment.

Think! Punishment / Reform

Many consider that “prisons are universities of

crime”, and that in sending criminals to prison they

are not reformed but come out only to re-offend,

which is clearly not good for society.

Given the overcrowding of prisons would you be

willing to pay higher taxes to lower over-crowding in

prison?

Money could then be spent funding courses to

educate and counsel criminals in prison with the

aim that they would be less likely to re-offend?

Theories of Punishment: Vindication

\indication of the law means upholding and

following the law because it is the law.

Out of a sense of justice laws are applied

universally so that everyone is answerable to the

law.

If laws are not respected and followed then a

democratic country would collapse into anarchy.

Vindication ensures a fair approach to moral

decision making, which overcomes the problem of

people applying the law in a manner which best

suits them.

Romans 13: 1-3

“Everyone must submit himself

to the governing authorities, for

there is no authority except that

which God has established. The

authorities that exist have been

established by God.”

Romans 13:1-3 is often used by

Christians to support the

teaching of vindication.

St Paul believed that because

governments are appointed by

God their laws should be

respected and followed.

Theories of Punishment: Vindication

Capital Punishment

Capital Punishment

Capital Punishment

“An Eye for an Eye”

“You Shall Not Murder”

Image of God

Retribution

Protection

Deterrence

Cult of the Martyrs

Reform

God is Love

Cost Effective

Greatest Good

Moral Relativism

Uncivilised?

Innocent Victims?

Miscarriage of Justice?

Too Harsh / Lenient?

Capital Punishment: Arguments For and Against


Human Beings - Image of God

• The Bible says that because

human beings are made in the

image of God anyone who

murders someone should be

put to death.

• “Whoever murders a human

being will himself be killed by

their fellow human beings; for

human beings are created in

the image of God.” (Genesis 9:6)

• Christians believe that human

life is sacred, as “Human

beings are created in the image

and likeness of God.”(Genesis

1: 26)

• Therefore life should always

be respected.

When Jesus said, “Treat others

as you wish to be treated” he

was not talking specifically

about Capital Punishment, but

about a more general approach

to life.

• Jesus said, “Treat others as

you wish to be treated.”

(Matthew 7:12)

• The philosopher Kant thought

capital punishment was fair

because, “The murderer brings

his misdeed back upon himself,

and what is done to him is what

he has done on others.”

Retribution


• The quotation, “An eye for an

eye” is often misunderstood!

• The quotation expresses a

principle of proportionate justice -

meaning that the punishment or

response should fit the crime.

• So this quotation was intended

to set limits for a just, humane,

response for the offence

committed.

• The Bible says, “An eye for an

eye, a tooth for a tooth.”

(Exodus 21: 24)

• So those who deliberately

take a life by murdering an

innocent person should pay the

penalty and have their own life

taken.

An Eye for An Eye


• Deliberately killing a human

being is precisely that - killing,

no matter who authorises the

act.

• Capital Punishment reduces

the State to the same level of

the murderer and so it can

never be acceptable.

• Capital Punishment is not

murder, as murder is “to kill

with malicious intent.”

• Capital Punishment is a legal

killing, approved by the

government, against people

who have broken the law and

murdered innocent people.

“You shall not murder.”


• People can be protected by

punishing murderers in other

ways which focus on reform

and education.

• Most murders involve a

member of the same family and

repeat murders are rare.

• There is also a duty to protect

the offending criminal.

• Laws should protect innocent

civilians from living in fear of

being murdered.

• Capital punishment removes

the threat that a murderer will

kill again - as instead of being

released they are put to death.

Protection


• Evidence suggests that

Capital Punishment does not

deter murderers.

• Of the 12 USA States who did

not enact the Death Penalty

following the 1976 Supreme

Court Ruling, 10 have lower

murder rates than the national

average.

• Supporters of Capital

Punishment believe the death

penalty acts as a deterrence for

people who might otherwise be

tempted to commit murder.

• If offenders knew that they

might be put to death they

would be put off from

committing the crime.

Deterrence?


• The death penalty turns

terrorists and dictators into

martyrs and encourages others

to “die for the cause.”

• No one will ever forget the

way in which Saddam Hussein

was executed and yet the

problems in Iraq remain.

The death penalty for terrorists

and dictators who torture

innocent people and even put

them to death would deter

others from committing similar

terrible crimes.

Cult of the Martyrs?


• Christians believe there is

always the opportunity that the

offender will repent of their sins.

Capital Punishment denies

such an opportunity.

• In The Parable of the Lost

Sheep and The Prodigal Son

Jesus rejoices at the reformed

sinner who returns God.

• Only God has the authority to

show divine mercy. This may

happen when the individual

stands before God in final

judgement.

• On earth human law should

uphold justice and carry out the

legal sentence for the crime.

Reform


• Love can also mean

upholding justice for those who

have been the victims of

murder, including the

deceased’s family and friends.

• Love and justice go hand in

hand.

• Christians believe that “God is

love” (1 John 4:8) and so

Christians should be prepared

to forgive and focus on

reforming the offender.

• Desmond Tutu emphasised

the importance of love and

forgiveness in South Africa as

the way forward after apartheid.

God is love


• It would be a lot cheaper to

put serious criminals to death

than to pay for them to be kept

in high security prisons.

• Think of the “opportunity cost”

where the money spent on

keeping such criminals in

prison could be spent, e.g.

schools, health care....

• The issue of Capital

Punishment should not be

decided by financial cost as it

concerns human life.

• Accepting financial cost as the

deciding reason could soon

lead to a “slippery slope” with

other moral issues, e.g.

euthanasia.

Cost-Effective


• The democratic fallacy is an

argument which states that the

wishes of the majority does not

always make for good law.

• People are often led by their

emotions and not by reason,

which looks at the evidence.

• Public Opinion Polls show the

majority of people are in favour of

Capital Punishment for serious

offences, such as murder.

• The wishes of the majority

should become law.

• The majority of countries in the

world have Capital Punishment.

Greatest Good for the Greatest number


• No member of the European

Union uses Capital

Punishment.

• The “European Convention for

the Protection of Human Rights

and Fundamental Freedoms”

regards Capital Punishment as

a violation of human rights.

• Different countries make laws

that work for them, some of

which include Capital

Punishment e.g. China, Iran,

Singapore, India.

• The majority of countries in

the world have Capital

Punishment.

Moral Relativism?


• Capital Punishment is

barbaric, uncivilized and

reduces the State to the level of

a murderer.

• Any country which has Capital

Punishment is not allowed to

join the European Union.

Democratically elected

governments have legalised

Capital Punishment, such as

America in 1976, Supreme

Court Ruling.

Uncivilized?


• No system, including the law,

is 100% perfect.

• However, considerable care

and scrutiny of evidence would

take place during a Capital

Punishment legal trial to ensure

that justice is done.

• There would also be grounds

for Appeal.

• The death of even one

innocent person is one death

too many.

• In many countries trials are

unfair and discriminate against

people due to race, belief and

colour.

Innocent Victims?


• If Capital Punishment were

legal this might deter juries

from finding the accused guilty -

knowing that the person may

be put to death.

• This might lead to more

“guilty” people being found “not

guilty”.

Miscarriage of Justice?


Experienced Judges would

conduct Capital Punishment

trials and would support the jury

in reaching a just verdict based

on the evidence witnessed at

the trial.

Capital Punishment is more

humane than keeping someone

locked up in prison for a life-

time.

Capital Punishment is too quick

and easy. Murderers should be

made to suffer for their crimes!

Sending them to prison is the

answer where they can be

punished and reflect on what

they have done.

Too Harsh / Lenient?


I know Tom’s really sorry for

what he’s done and would

like to put things right. I just

don’t know how he can go

about doing it?

Forgiveness

Reconciliation

Confession

Penance

Absolution

Contrition

Repentance

The Christian teacher St

Augustine said, “Condemn the

sin, but love the sinner.” The

key is for the sinner to follow

the steps to forgiveness.

Think! Forgiveness: Sin / Sinner?

1. What do you think

Augustine meant when

he said, “Condemn the

sin, but love the sinner?”

2. Augustine also said,

“The ugliness of sin is

never without the beauty

of punishment!”

Are these two ideas

compatible?

Repentance comes from the

Greek word metanoia: meta

meaning change, noia

meaning mind. So

repentance is examining

one’s conscience and having

a sincere change of mind

or attitude towards the

action / sin that has been

committed.

Forgiveness: Repentance

How would you judge if

someone had truly repented

for an action or sin they had

committed, as opposed to

someone who had simply

said they had repented,

without truly meaning it?

Think! Forgiveness / Repentance

Confession is telling the

priest of one’s sins. The priest

is Christ’s representative to the

people and has been entrusted

with the ministry of

reconciliation, to show God’s

mercy and justice. A priest is

bound to follow the

‘sacramental seal’ which

means absolute secrecy about

the sins revealed to him in

confession.

Forgiveness: Confession

1. What are the qualities you

would look for in a person to

whom you might confess a

problem or a wrong doing?

2. Think of a time when

someone broke a confidence.

How did you feel and what did

you say to the person?

Think! Forgiveness / Confession

Contrition is when a person

carefully examines their

conscience and is truly sorry

for what they have done, the sin

they have committed.

Contrition, being truly sorry, is

perfect when one’s motive is the

love of God, and imperfect if it

rests on other motives.

Contrition includes the

determination not to sin again.

Forgiveness: Contrition

Students often confuse the

terms repentance and

contrition.

Explain the subtle difference

between repentance and

contrition.

Think! Forgiveness / Contrition

Penance is a task or act of

devotion given to the

individual by the priest to

encourage humility and as a

way of showing that the

individual has repented and is

truly sorry for their sins.

Forgiveness: Penance

1. Why do you think the Church

instructs an individual to perform an

act of penance, what is the point?

2. Suggest suitable acts of penance

for a person who has:

(a) Committed adultery.

(b) Stolen money from their mum’s

purse.

(c) Repeatedly uses bad and offensive

language.

(d) Committed murder.

Think! Forgiveness / Penance

Absolution follows the acts

of repentance, confession,

contrition and penance and is

a declaration by the priest

of the forgiveness of sins.

Forgiveness: Absolution

• Reconciliation is the

renewed state of harmony

and agreement that now

exists between the individual

and God, and the individual

and the wider community.

• This leads to a greater

sense of peace and spiritual

consolation.

Forgiveness: Reconciliation

• Christians believe that the deep

peace that Christ offers is beyond

human understanding.

• Think of a time when you have

been reconciled with a person.

Try and describe the sense of

peace which you felt and how it

affected your outlook on life.

Think! Forgiveness / Reconciliation

Glossary

Absolution

A.S.B.O.

Capital Punishment

Confession

Contrition

Crime

Death Row

Deterrence

Martyrs

Penance

Protection

Punishment

Glossary

Reconciliation

Reform

Repent

Retribution

Sacramental Seal

Vindication

Glossary

Absolution

Absolution is a declaration by

the priest of the forgiveness

of sins.

Absolution follows the acts of

repentance, confession,

contrition and penance and is

a declaration by the priest of

forgiveness of sins.

Glossary

A.S.B.O.

A.S.B.O. is an Anti-Social

Behaviour Order, where

young offenders are placed

under curfew and are

restricted from visiting certain

places in their local

community.

Glossary

Capital Punishment

Capital Punishment is the

legally authorised punishment

of a person by putting them to

death.

Capital Punishment is also

known as the Death

Sentence

Capital Punishment was

abolished and made illegal in

the United Kingdom in 1965.

Glossary

Confession

Confession is telling the

priest of one’s sins with a

desire to be forgiven

The priest is Christ’s

representative to the people

and has been entrusted with

the ministry of reconciliation,

to show God’s mercy and

justice.

Glossary

Contrition

Contrition is when a person

carefully examines their

conscience and is truly sorry for

what they have done, the sin

they have committed.

Glossary

Crime

Crime is when the law is

broken, punishable by the

state.

Glossary

Death Row

Death Row is where prisoners

sentenced to death are kept as

they await their execution.

Glossary

Deterrence

Deterrence is to deter or put

people off from offending or re-

offending.

Glossary

Martyrs

Martyrs are people who are

prepared to die for their faith or

a cause.

Glossary

Penance

Penance is a task or act of

devotion given to the individual

by the priest to encourage

humility and as a way of

showing that the individual has

repented and is truly sorry for

their sins.

Glossary

Protection

Protection is an aim of

punishment.

1. Protect society from the

criminal re-offending.

2. Protect the criminal from

revenge attacks from the

victim / victim’s family/friends.

3. Protect the criminal from

harming themselves.

Glossary

Punishment

Punishment is an authority’s

infliction of a penalty on an

offender.”

i.e. someone found to have

broken a rule.

Glossary

Reconciliation

Reconciliation is the renewed

state of harmony and

agreement that now exists

between the individual and

God, the individual and the

wider community, leading to a

greater sense of peace and

spiritual consolation.

Glossary

Reform

Reform aims to correct a

criminal’s behaviour so that

they are able to resume a life in

the community as a

responsible, law abiding citizen.

Glossary

Repent

Repentance is a sincere

change of mind or attitude

towards the action / sin that has

been committed.

Repentance comes from the

Greek word metanoia: meta

meaning change, noia meaning

mind / attitude.

Glossary

Retribution

Retribution comes from the latin

retribuere which means to pay

back.

It is a punishment which is

normally proportionate to the

offense committed.

i.e. the punishment should fit

the crime.

Glossary

Sacramental Seal

Sacramental Seal is when a

priest is bound to absolute

secrecy about the sins revealed

to him in confession.

Glossary

Vindication

Vindication of the law means

upholding and following the law

because it is the law.

If laws are not respected and

followed then a democratic

country would collapse into

anarchy.

Vindication offers a clear

approach to moral decision

making which overcomes the

problem of people applying the

law in a manner which best

suits themselves.

Vindication offers a universal

and just law, laws that apply

equally to everyone.

Genesis 9: 6

Exodus 20: 13

Exodus 21: 24

Matthew 5: 38-39

Matthew 6: 11-12

Matthew 6: 14-15

Matthew 7: 1

Matthew 7: 12

Matthew 18: 21-22

John 8: 7

Romans 13: 1-3

Revelation 20: 12-13

Biblical Passages

Genesis 9: 6

“Whoever murders a human

being will himself be killed by

their fellow human beings; for

human beings are created in the

image of God.”

Biblical Passages

Exodus 20: 13

“You shall not murder.”

Biblical Passages

• Christians uphold the Sanctity

of Human Life Principle as

human beings are made in the

image of God.

• Some Christians claim that

Capital Punishment reduces the

State to the level of a murderer.

Exodus 21: 24

“An eye for an eye, a tooth for a

tooth.”

Biblical Passages

• This phrase is often

misunderstood!

• The quotation expresses the

idea of proportionate justice -

meaning that the punishment or

response should fit the crime.

• This quotation was intended to

set limits for a just response to

crimes committed.

Matthew 5: 38-39

“You have heard that it was said,

‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth

for a tooth.’ But I say to you, Do

not resist an evil person. If

someone strikes you on the right

cheek, turn to him your left.”

Biblical Passages

• This passage shows that Jesus

taught a personal ethic of love

and forgiveness.

• Love goes beyond the law - it

can be more demanding.

Matthew 6: 11-12

The Lord’s Prayer:

“Our Father in heaven....

Forgive us our sins as we

forgive those who sin against

us.”

Biblical Passages

• In The Lord’s Prayer Jesus

preached an ethic of God’s

kingdom on earth.

• Just as God forgives people for

their sins, so Christians should

mirror God’s example in their

lives and relationships with

others by forgiving those who do

wrong to them.

Matthew 6: 14-15

“For as you forgive men when

they sin against you, your

heavenly Father will also forgive

you. But if you do not forgive

men their sins, your Father will

not forgive your sins.”

Biblical Passages

Matthew 7: 1

“Do not judge, or you too will be

judged. For in the same way as

you judge others, you will be

judged.”

Biblical Passages

• Jesus encouraged people not

to be too quick to make

judgements about others. At

times it is better to stand back

and seek understanding behind

people’s actions.

• However, Jesus was not

saying that it is wrong for law

courts and judges to apply the

law!

Matthew 7: 12

“Treat others as you wish to be

treated.”

Biblical Passages

The philosopher Kant thought

capital punishment was fair

because, “The murderer brings

his misdeed back upon himself,

and what is done to him is what

he has done on others.”

Matthew 18: 21-22‘Then Peter came to Jesus and

asked, “Lord, how many times

shall I forgive my brother when

he sins against me? Up to seven

times?”

Jesus answered, “I tell you, not

seven times, but seventy-seven

times.”’

Biblical Passages

• The Jewish law required a person

to show forgiveness up to seven

times.

• In his reply Jesus is explaining

that love goes far beyond the

expectations of the law.

• “Seventy-seven times” is a way of

saying that one should always be

prepared to forgive someone who

shows repentance.

John 8: 7

“He who is without sin should

throw the first stone.”

Biblical Passages

• When a group of people were

threatening to stone a woman to

death for committing adultery (as

the Jewish law permitted) Jesus

stepped in and challenged

people.

• Jesus’ ethic of love encourages

an attitude of forgiveness and

reconciliation.

Romans 13: 1-3

“Everyone must submit himself

to the governing authorities, for

there is no authority except that

which God has established. The

authorities that exist have been

established by God.”

Biblical Passages

Romans 13:1-3 is often used by

Christians to support the

teaching of vindication.

St Paul believed that because

governments are appointed by

God their laws should be

respected and followed.

Revelation 20: 12-13

“And I saw the dead, great and

small, standing before the

throne, and books were open.

Another book was opened which

is the book of life. The dead

were judged according to what

they had done as recorded in the

books.”

Biblical Passages

• The Book of Revelation states

how people will be judged by

God for how they have lived

their life.

• This offers Christians hope in

divine justice, to overcome

injustices which happen on

earth.

Happy Slapping

Knife Crime

Drunken Vandal

Capital Punishment

Nazi War Crimes

Think! Case Studies

Case Studies: Nazi War Criminals

Do you think that Nazi

War criminals, who

committed war crimes

over 60 years ago,

should be prosecuted

today?

Give reasons to

support your

judgement, applying

the theories of

punishment.

• Imagine 2 teenagers (aged 14 and 17)

‘Happy Slapping’ a 41 year old man as

he loads his car with shopping.

• Later the 41 year old man (married with

2 young children) dies from head injuries,

incurred during the ‘Happy Slapping’.

• What type of punishment is appropriate

for the 2 offenders?

Case Study: Happy Slapping

Case Studies: Capital Punishment

Do you think Capital Punishment should be re-introduced in the U.K.

for serious crimes? Give reasons to support your judgement, applying

the theories of punishment.

• There is increasing alarm in the UK of

the number of young people who carry

knives.

• To carry a knife is a criminal offence.

• Do you agree that carrying a knife

should be a criminal offence?

• What type of punishment is

appropriate for someone who commits a

crime, armed with a knife? Give reasons

for your view.

Case Study: Knife Crime

• Imagine a middle aged, male tourist

visiting an Oriental country. Following a

drunken evening he vandalised a portrait

of the revered King’s portrait.

• As a consequence the Western tourist is

jailed for 10 years, as is the law of their

land.

• Do you agree with the sentence of 10

years imprisonment? Give reasons to

support your view.

Case Study: Drunken Vandal


The worst day

of my life.

The day my

soul died.


A quiet Saturday afternoon. We were all

going to the shops for a drink.

Then suddenly, from nowhere, a blue

hooded youth wearing a baseball cap came

running out from the News-agents at speed,

with people shouting “Stop, thief!”

Singer and I turned to give chase, then, in a

split second the hoodie picked up a brick

and threw it straight at us. I ducked, only to

turn and see Roya fall, hit on the head by

the brick. Time stopped. We all stopped.

Our lives were never to be the same.


• The doctors and nurses

were fantastic. They did all

they could.

• But the brick had caused a

blood clot on Roya’s brain.

• Although she could breath

normally she was

unconscious and had to be

fed through an intravenous

drip.

• The doctor said Roya may

never regain consciousness.


• For the next couple of days I couldn’t eat, I

couldn’t sleep. I just kept seeing the hooded

youth, the brick flying towards us; and Roya,

lying on the ground, lifeless.

• Then it dawned on me.


• Then it dawned on me.

• It might have been his height, his type of

run, or was it the throw from his arm?

Whatever it was, I knew with certainty who

had thrown the brick.

• Thinking about it, how could I have not

recognised who it was.

• And yet why did it have to be him?


Tom, my twin brother!

He’s been really odd, very strange,

withdrawn over the past 6 months.

There’s been a coldness about

him, a steeliness in his eyes that

was never there before.

We’d all put it down to dad being

terminally ill with cancer and it

being his way of coping with it all.

zz


You deserve the truth Greg; but you won’t like

what you hear.

Yes, it was me. I threw the brick. I never meant

to hurt anyone, but I couldn’t take the risk of

getting caught. I didn’t know it was you, all I

saw was a group of people and a couple about

to give chase.

It’s not been easy, with dad being ill. I started

taking drugs, and I can’t stop. Stealing from

shops helps pay for the next fix.

zz


Look, it’s your call. No one else knows.

I’m begging you, don’t tell anyone it was me.

It’ll all blow over. Telling the police isn’t

going to help anyone, and it won’t bring

Roya back. What’s done is done.

Help me get off the drugs, so that we can

both move on together.

I deeply regret what I did, but more than

anything I need your help.

Roya’s a Christian, don’t they believe in love

and forgiveness? Isn’t that what she’d want?

What should Greg do?


I didn’t know what to do.

In the end I went and spoke with Rob.

Rob said although Tom was right, Jesus

does talk about love and forgiveness,

God is also just and righteous.

It’s important to uphold the law.

With Roya still in a coma I had no choice

but to inform the police and the case

went to court.


Could you give

evidence

against your

own twin

brother?

If you were Tom how

would you feel?


Tom was found guilty of:

(1) Theft

(2) Manslaughter

Tom has no previous

convictions.

If you were the judge what

type of punishment would

you give?

Offer reasons for your

judgement, considering

possible implications.

The worst day

of my life.

The day my

soul died.

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