To Forgive Is Divine

Episode aired Jun 19, 1996

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7.7/10

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Crime Drama Family

A young Amish girl, Hannah Beiler, is attacked in the streets of Rome and raped, but the Amish community decide not to press charges against the rapist because of their religious beliefs of ... Read allA young Amish girl, Hannah Beiler, is attacked in the streets of Rome and raped, but the Amish community decide not to press charges against the rapist because of their religious beliefs of tolerance and being forbidden to swear oaths. An attempt is made to force Hannah to testif... Read allA young Amish girl, Hannah Beiler, is attacked in the streets of Rome and raped, but the Amish community decide not to press charges against the rapist because of their religious beliefs of tolerance and being forbidden to swear oaths. An attempt is made to force Hannah to testify against her rapist but she refuses, on the grounds of her religious convictions. With no... Read all

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7.7/10

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Director
- Tom Skerritt
Writers
- David E. Kelley
- Ursula Wendel(1996)
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Trivia
The title comes from the often quoted proverb: To err is human, to forgive is divine

Goofs
When Kenny shoots Ethan the bullet hole thru his shirt is shown on the right side of his back. When Hannah goes to Ethan, laying on the ground, face up, the blood is on the left side of his chest.

Connections
References Late Show with David Letterman (1993)

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Featured review

9/10

Too Bad It Was Realistic

An Amish girl is raped. She recognizes her attacker. He is arrested but he refuses to press charges because the Amish leaders tell her not to. It flies in the face of their religion. So he is released and immediately rapes a teenager. The Amish are sued by her family and the state versus religion becomes a serious case. I thought all parties handled this quite well.

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