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Vengeance is mine, sayeth the angry people.

The Church is not opposed to the death penalty as such, however, the CHI teaches that the state should have no part in the death of one of its citizens.

Chian teachings show that where a just civil trial has rendered a death penalty, it shall be only the immediate family of the victim who may fulfil the execution.

Immediate family is defined as direct blood mother, father, brother, sister, son or daughter; or spouse.

In the case of legal guardianship, step-parents, half- and step-siblings and adoptees, the right of execution can only be granted if the party in question more than half their years in relationship; i.e. an adopted child of age 24 must have been adopted before the age of 11 to be eligible.

The executioner must be nominated before the commencementof any death-penalty trial, and must be older than sixteen.

The execution must take place no less than three days after sentence is pronounced, and no more than thirty.

Execution shall be carried out in any manner prescribed by the state as humane.

In the event that no executioner can be found within the immediate family, the defendant shall serve the term of his natural life incarcerated, and the family shall compensate the state for his upkeep.