Concerning the Maimonides exclusive use of capital punishment for Noahide violations, most rabbinic authorities disagree and hold that it means "punishments up to and including capital punishment " and that a system of fines is meant to be set up, though Jewish law has no say in the severity of punishments.
Rabbi Aharon Soloveitchik, "On Noachides", Beis Yitzchak 19:335-338 (5747) and Rabbi J. David Bleich "Mishpas Maves..." writes that a person who violates the Noachide laws and thus poses a danger to others could be killed using the pursuer rationale; Indeed, even a Jew could be punished under that rationale. However, a violation of the purely theological components of the Noachide law cannot result in punishment according to this rationale.<ref>''[http://www.jlaw.com/Articles/noach2.html The Obligation of Jews to Seek Observance of Noahide Laws by Gentiles]'' by [[Michael Broyde]]</ref>
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