Criminal Justice and the Christian is a course that covers topics relating to both the areas of criminal justice and Christian theology. This helps us, as students, to examine the crime we see daily in our world and the punishment that comes from it through the eyes of Jesus Christ. Seven different topics were covered in this course and, in many ways, were related not only to the criminal justice career, but also to the Christian perspective. The themes are Christian ethics and morality, the sources of moral guidance, the Justice of God in Jesus and Paul, the ethics of punishment, theories of criminal punishment, Justice that kills and finally forgiveness. Gaining knowledge on these different topics, after deliberating in class and completing a full assignment on a death row experience, has definitely strengthened my perspective on how I view the death penalty. Unlike other existing penalties in the criminal justice system, the death penalty is the one that has been the most talked about and debated. Having gathered the opinions of the general population, supporters of the death penalty argue that it is an important tool for preserving public order, deters crime and costs less than life imprisonment. They argue that retribution or an “eye for an eye” honors the victim, helps comfort grieving families, and ensures that perpetrators of heinous crimes never have the opportunity to cause future tragedy. By listening to different opinions, I was able to see another side which is more the Christian aspect. Through continued research, I have been able to see people who have committed horrible crimes be completely transformed. For example, the story of Karla Faye, where a woman involved in heavy drug use and described as a wild child who killed a man in the most disturbing manner was sentenced to the death penalty, became a woman changed during her incarceration. Through videos, we could see that his character was not the same as when he started. Through this story, I learned that even in difficult circumstances, a person can change. Additionally, God is present even in prison and sometimes that is where some have learned something from this course, I know that we are called to be like Jesus in everything we do. We are called to be an example of what Christ has done for us, that is, to show his love, his compassion and his forgiveness and not to compromise with the society in which we live. Even though we continue to live and respect the laws of this country, we are