We should try to closely reflect and align are justice system with God's Word whenever possible and there are many places we haven't even attempted to do that.
Restitution to the victims for things like theft or damages for example instead of incarceration.
Scripture calls for the victim to be paid back threefold what was taken from them or destroyed. The perpetrator could either come work that dead off for the victim or we could have some type of Job corps apprenticeship type program or work pool where someone could work off their debt and learn valuable skills.
But even keeping a person in regular jail or prison cost typically between 40,000 and $60,000 a year.
This in turn makes every single taxpayer victim as these taxes are essentially stolen from others at threat of violence to feed, clothes, and house people for crimes that in many cases are completely victimless and in other cases could be mediated or solved via restitution.
I don't have any answer as to exactly what it would look like but the fact is we haven't tried and if we did step out in faith and tried to hold to God's word and God's standard than God would bless that and make it work.
Prison system on the other hand will never work. Banishment however.... Now that's something I can get behind and has a basis in scripture.
We should try to closely reflect and align are justice system with God's Word whenever possible and there are many places we haven't even attempted to do that.
Restitution to the victims for things like theft or damages for example instead of incarceration.
Scripture calls for the victim to be paid back threefold what was taken from them or destroyed. The perpetrator could either come work that dead off for the victim or we could have some type of Job corps apprenticeship type program or work pool where someone could work off their debt and learn valuable skills.
But even keeping a person in regular jail or prison cost typically between 40,000 and $60,000 a year.
This in turn makes every single taxpayer victim as these taxes are essentially stolen from others at threat of violence to feed, clothes, and house people for crimes that in many cases are completely victimless and in other cases could be mediated or solved via restitution.
I don't have any answer as to exactly what it would look like but the fact is we haven't tried and if we did step out in faith and tried to hold to God's word and God's standard than God would bless that and make it work.
Prison system on the other hand will never work. Banishment however.... Now that's something I can get behind and has a basis in scripture.