Reply To: Halachic Penalty for Attempted Murder

What did they do with a ???? who killed someone who turned out to be a ????? ? there is no ???? ???? but he still is a danger to society. If you find an answer to this question yours is answered as well.

Good question. I’m not sure they did anything. Witness Shimon ben Shetach’s frustration (Sanhedrin 37) at not being able to do anything about someone whom he was 100% sure was a murderer. In that particular case, HKBH handled the matter immediately, but I hardly think that that was the universal rule. Had Shimon ben Shetach had some extra-judicial way to mete out justice, I don’t think he would have been so frustrated at his inability to punish the murderer.

The Wolf