God's justice is BOTH restorative AND retributive — using restoration to eliminate punishment is itself unjust. The solution to wrongful convictions is to reform the death penalty, not abolish it.

Some argue God's justice is "restorative not retributive" — Winger says it's BOTH. Revelation 6:10: saints in heaven cry for God to "judge and avenge our blood" — this is proper, good, and not restorative toward the murderers. Using restoration to eliminate punishment creates injustice. On wrongful convictions: even if 4% (or 50%) on death row are innocent, the solution is reform (better evidence standards, protections) not removal. Abolishing the death penalty to protect the innocent means failing to punish the guilty — and Genesis/Romans say the community bears the guilt of unpunished murder. Numbers 35 already modeled this: require multiple witnesses (reform), but still execute (don't remove). Pope Francis changed the Catholic catechism to call the death penalty "inadmissible" — but this contradicts church fathers, historical popes, and the papal states' own use of execution for 1700+ years.