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WolfishMusings
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Imagine you are a dayan in a capital case. There are two kosher eidim, and everything has been met. But, a bas kol says, “he didn’t do it.” Would you execute the innocent “murderer”? What would G-d want you to do?

Considering the fact that a conviction in Bais Din is not final until the execution is actually carried out, I might think that there may be grounds to re-open the case. Is HKBH worse than the condemned himself? If the condemned himself can re-open his case with new information, I think HKBH Himself can too.

The Wolf