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1. During the period when Jewish law operated as a secular as well as a religious jurisdiction,

Jewish courts very rarely imposed the death penalty .

Although they seem clear these texts are commonly misunderstood.

To really understand Jewish law one must not only read the Torah but consult the Talmud, an elaboration and interpretation by rabbinical scholars of the laws and commandments of the Torah.

The rabbis who wrote the Talmud created such a forest of barriers to actually using the death penalty that in practical terms it was almost impossible to punish anyone by death.

The rabbis did this with various devices: . .

The result of this is that there are very few examples of people being executed by Jewish law in rabbinic times.'>

https://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/judaism/jewishethics/capital.shtml