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Christian beliefs about the ways criminals shoud or should not be treated
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... Topic 10 - Religion Peace and Justice (a) Describe Christian beliefs about how criminals should and should not be treated. [24] Christians are very specific in how criminals should and should not be treated; they give various reasons as to why they believe this. This is has been particularly relevant in recent times during the furore over treatment of people, by the Americans at Guantanamo Bay. Firstly, Christians think that the primary function of punishment is to help criminals to reform themselves and make sure that they can fit back into society once they have paid back their 'debt'. The punishment must also be fair, just and proportional to the crime that was committed. Christians believe that once this has happened any former criminal deserves to be pardoned by society. A relevant quotation from the Bible is "If someone slaps you on the right cheek, turn the other also." This is referring
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