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Cedarville professor, author on Christian sexual ethics, arrested on eight sex felonies (roysreport.com)
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A former Cedarville University finance professor whose writings promote a Christian ethic of marriage and sexuality was arrested Tuesday on eight sex-related felony charges involving one or more minors.

The indictment, filed March 27 in Ohio’s Greene County Common Pleas Court, charges John Kent Tarwater with two counts of rape, three counts of sexual battery and three counts of gross sexual imposition.

He was booked into Greene County jail in southwest Ohio, where he remained in custody as of Wednesday morning. No defense counsel was listed in public court records, and no hearing or trial dates were disclosed.

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[–] 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Mutilation (including castration) is never okay. Prisons exist for criminals—committing a crime against humanity in retaliation instead is not okay. Also, you can't un-mutilate someone (in most cases), and the law makes mistakes.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago* (1 child)

    Yes, somebody else also pointed out that we cannot trust the legal system to sentence the correct person (either due to corruption or legitimate mistakes).

    Under the perspective of the "not undoable punishment". Is the death penalty also, never acceptable, or is there some nuance, in your opinion?

    Thanks for the discussion :)

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    In my personal opiniom, the death penalty is not as bad as mutilation. Having said that, I think there is no moral way to kill a person who does not wish to die. I oppose the death penalty for a lot of reasons.

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