Public Stadium Executions Are Biblically Sound So Long as Tickets Are Distributed by Lottery

Under biblical law, executions were public. When an execution occurs, society has decided to kill someone... Whatever arguments can be brought against public executions, therefore, are arguments that would be equally valid against every execution mandated by Scripture... Not only so, but witnesses in a capital case not only had to testify against the defendant, but also had to participate in the execution if he was found guilty (Deuteronomy 17:7)... This is why I think we should resist methods of execution like lethal injection... I’ve long disliked the fact that our executions, when they happen, occur at midnight deep in the recesses of a penitentiary somewhere... Put this another way: suppose Hasan was going to be hanged in a stadium. Nothing wrong with that. Do you let vendors sell popcorn and hot dogs? Of course not. Do you sell tickets? Of course not. You obviously must have tickets, but they would have to be apportioned by lottery. Executions must not be allowed to degenerate into a commercial enterprise.

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