Death is Rated PG-14

I happened to stumble across an episode of Boston Legal just a few minutes ago. The main story line was about a man who is about to be executed - for what I don't know. The execution itself was handled pretty well - it was all I could do to not turn the channel. (It was in Texas and so by lethal injection.) But I happened to press "info" on my cable remote. And you know what? This episode is rated PG-14. PG-14. The delibrate killing of a human being by the state is only rated "Parental Guidance - 14 years or older."

It's not X for extreme violence? It's not even R? It's only PG-14?

I'm appalled.

RFSJ

I wish it didn't have to be

The death penalty is still legal in this country in 26 states. I wish it didn't have to be. The recent Supreme Court decision on the constitutionality of lethal injection was a logical, if sad, outcome.

RFSJ

No More Death In New Jersey!

The death penalty, that is. Gov. Corzine signed the bill eliminating the death penalty in New Jersey. I am very proud of him and the legislature for doing this. My own view, informed from a Christian perspective, is that human life is sacred and that we ought not arbitrarily cut it off, no matter what a person may have done. More importantly, if we execute someone for some crime, we potentially cut short any repentance and opportunity for reconciliation that person may be going through. I leave the status of an executed murderer's soul in God's hands, but I do not want to have a hand in cutting that short. Two wrongs do not make a right in this case.

RFSJ