[Avodah] halachic attitude to the convicted

[Saul Guberman]

RET just posted that RSZA said the same opinion as the Steipler.  There are
halachos that allow people to be turned over to/tried by the secular court
system.  Maybe there is a disconnect between the theoretical & the applied.

 I think the general reaction of protest has 2 main factors
1) Historical persecution of Jews and that mindset
2) Governments were most of the times individuals (mostly corrupt).  The
idea of government by the people is relatively new.

Saul

On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 11:23, <Saul.Z.Newman at kp.org> wrote:

>
> WADR, the steipler's opinion  must be an extreme daas yachid,  because we
> see  the worldwide protest for  many tried or convicted  for crimes  ranging
>  from  child abuse to larceny to smuggling etc . and it  seems that the only
> difference between whether it's secular states or israel is whether  the
> protestation is respectful or derisive.....
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