LOL! Not here in the US of A in 2013. In 15th century England however, as in most European countries, ecclesiastical law was aligned with State law. And to publish a heretical version of the Bible was was not only forbidden by the Church, it was punishable under secular law as treason. Not how we would do it these days, but that's how the people of the time worked it. You have to judge people within the times they lived, not as if everything was the same then as it is now.
For the record, for what it's worth, if I personally had the responsibility for souls as a father or a Church leader and it was in my power to prevent a heretical and even blasphemous version of the Bible from being distributed to the those who did not have the education or experience to recognize error, I would do it. And I hope you would too.
I would not execute someone for publishing a sorry translation of the bible. The Message fits the bill for me as a sorry translation. I’m not praying they get rounded up and offed.
I do think, though, that truth is eternal and not dependent on the times. Murder then is murder now. Adultery then is adultery now. Theft then is theft now.
So, justice is justice. Do you think by our standards that Tyndale received justice?
Would you rather be judged by our standard or theirs?
The problem is that of the person or entity doing so claiming autocratic power, superior above Scripture, and what assured veracity it affords to authority. And also using means of enforcement not afforded to it by Scripture.