Feb

20 2019

Six Week JLI Course: Crime and Consequence -

7:30PM - 9:00PM  

Lubavitch Centre 5750 Oak Street
Vancouver, BC V6M 2V9
604-266-1313 dovidrosenfeld@gmail.com
http://www.lubavitchbc.com

Contact Rabbi Dovid Rosenfeld
604-266-1313
dovidrosenfeld@gmail.com
http://www.lubavitchbc.com/JLI

$ Cost $ 90.00

When innocent people are wrongly convicted...
When "correctional facilities" turn first-time offenders into hardened criminals...
When known murderers walk free on a technicality …
Fairness in justice simply cannot be left to chance.

In Crime and Consequence, we explore 3000 years of Jewish wisdom concerning criminal convictions, sentencing, crime prevention, and rehabilitation. We challenge our thinking, pondering the application of Talmudic principles to real and complex, modern-day cases, and we get to the heart of questions such as:

Should we consider testimonies given in exchange for a reduced sentence as reliable evidence?
What is the goal of punishing criminals? is it to gain retribution for the victim, keep criminals off the streets and safeguard from future crime, set an example and instill the fear of law, or to rehabilitate the criminal and reintroduce him to society?
Is life-without-parole a justifiable penalty? Is it within our right to sentence a man to death? When would these be warranted? Is there a better way?