Describe the range of emotions the judge might be feeling

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Discussion Prompt: Tensions and Justice

After reading the Bible passages assigned in the Reading and Viewing assignment, consider the following scenario:

Imagine a federal district court judge is given the responsibility to ensure that justice is done in a case at the sentencing phase. The defendant was convicted of a capital offense-a particularly brutal murder. The victim was a socially unlikable, abrasive, and dishonest man. The defendant is the victim's wife. She is attractive, soft-spoken, confessed to the murder, and has expressed her deep sorrow and regret. She is the mother of three children, two boys and a girl, all under the age of seven.

Discuss the tensions in this scenario by addressing the following:

Briefly describe the range of emotions the judge might be feeling, and the genuine moral conflicts with which she might be dealing.
What would justice look like in this case? Explain.
Use Scripture to deal with the tensions, and take a definitive stand on the proper range of punishment.

Reading and Viewing Assignments

Please complete the following before this session:

Reading:

Hoang, B. H., & Johnson, K. D. (2016). The justice calling: Where passion meets perseverance.

Chapter: Live as Saints (Not Heroes): Justice and Jesus

Chapter: Be Sanctified and Sent: Justice and the Church

Marshall, C. (2005). The little book of biblical justice: A fresh approach to the Bible's teachings on justice.

Kelly, G. (2016). The justice and mercy of God. The Australasian Catholic Record, 93(2), 198-208

Scripture passages that inform the following concepts:

How we are to live and work: Psalm 106:1-3, Isaiah 1:16-17, Micah 6:8
Judgment of God: Jeremiah 25:30-32, Psalm 9:7-8, Acts 17:30-31
Grace of God: John 3:16, Hebrews 4:14-16, Ephesians 2:4-9
Punishment of God: Proverbs 14:32, Matthew 13:47-50, Revelation 21:8
Mercy of God: Lamentations 3:22-24, Malachi 3:17-18, John 5:24
Forgiveness: Isaiah 43:25-26, Ephesians 4:31-32, Colossians 3:12-13
Force/Violence: Psalm 68:21-23, Isaiah 42:13, Romans 13:1-4
Love: John 3:16-17, Romans 5:6-8, 1 John 4:7-11

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