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Thorburn, Stan Punishment and Sentencing: Courts and Community. A Question of Attitude. Paper presented at the 4th New Zealand Christian Leaders Congress, May. Downloaded 11 August 2005.

In our responses and attitudes as Christians to the problem of crime and the depravity of criminal behaviour and its perpetrators, we surely have to begin by acknowledging that every person, criminal or not, is of such value to God that there is rejoicing amongst the angels, Jesus tells us, when one sinner repents (Luke 15:10). (excerpt)

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