(b) (i) Describe Pope John Paul II’s teaching on capital punishment.

Question 1

The purpose of capital punishment is to restore balance in society
by punishing those who have disrupted it.
 It also exists to protect society from the threat of crime and
violence
 Capital Punishment also acts as an incentive to prevent people
from committing crimes in the first place or from repeating them in
the future.
 Capital Punishment is only permissible when there is no other way
of achieving the purposes of protecting society.
 Cases where capital punishment is the only possible response to
crime are rare, if not non-existent.