Crime and Punishment (2002 Russian film) Crime and Punishment (2002 Russian film) Crime and Punishment is a 2002 American-Russian-Polish drama film written and directed by Menahem Golan and starring Crispin Glover and Vanessa Redgrave. It is an adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novel of the same name. Though the story of "Crime and Punishment" was written and set in the 19th century, this film version takes place in the then-future setting of the early 21st century. Rodion Raskolnikov, a student in his twenties who lives in Moscow, has published a paper in which he argues that certain superior individuals can legitimately ignore laws, even those against murder.
Religion and capital punishment capital punishment were not explicitly mentioned and are left up to future society to decide. Details such as severity of the crime and methods of punishment are left up to the Universal House of Justice. Regarding arson, there is a difference in what type of "house" is burned. A person may be punished accordingly depending on the structure set on fire. The Baha'i faiths views on capital punishment stem from the faiths strong belief in bettering society as a whole. There is a very strong focus on not showing retaliation or getting revenge, but rather that it is the duty