Reply To: Question re: Ben Sorer U Moreh

unique punishment assigned for the entire LIFE of cold-blooded murder that would have been

Thank you Dovid but I believe it doesn’t answer the question.

According to my understanding of the Gemorrah in Sanhendrin, and I’m pretty sure this is the pashut pshat, he is NOT BEING PUNISHED, the Bais Din, both m’ailah and m’ata does not punish for future sins! This is clear, i.e. Yishmael.

It is is clear that this misah is a chesed to PREVENT him from carrying out these potential sins. That is the key to the kasha.