Sentence Criminals to Church

Judges have a lot of latitude when it comes to sentencing criminals for crimes committed. I have always thought that a great sentencing for a criminal would be to require him to go to church. It seems to me that our society would benefit by more people attending church. In my opinion a good base from which to help make decisions is formed by going to church and learning the ways of Jesus.

I have no data to back me up, but in my opinion, major crimes are usually not committed by a person that has truly given their life to Christ and studied His word. If judges could sentence criminals to church, they could require the criminal to have their pastor sign off on participation and Christian and moral growth.

I realize that we have to have a separation of Church and State, so this idea will never be implemented. I also realize that this would be too controversial for our court systems to use. We do, however, need to come up with ways to rehabilitate criminals so that they can become better members of society. It seems that we do not try very hard to help criminals to break the cycle.