Scripture allows a verdict to be challenged and a trial invalidated only in the case of known prejudice and bribery (cf. Deut. 16:18-19; 2 Chron. 19:7).
- Greg L. Bahnsen, Double Jeopardy: A Case Study in the Influence of Christian Legislation, The Journal of Christian Reconstruction, Vol. II, No. 2, Winter 1975, at 44-47.
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From AmericanVision.org: "Paul Robert's Justice Lifts the Nations is on the stairway in the Old Supreme Court Building in Lausanne where the judges had to pass each time before going to try a case. Robert wanted to remind them that the place which the Reformation gave to the Bible provided a basis not only for morals but for law."
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Justice Lifts the Nations
From AmericanVision.org: "Paul Robert's Justice Lifts the Nations is on the stairway in the Old Supreme Court Building in Lausanne where the judges had to pass each time before going to try a case. Robert wanted to remind them that the place which the Reformation gave to the Bible provided a basis not only for morals but for law."