"The Gallows" by Deviantart user AniqeAnuk

"You need not wonder; for this manner of punishing thieves goes beyond justice and is not in the public interest. it is both too harsh a penalty for theft and an insufficient deterrent. for theft is not so hideous a crime that it should cost someone his life, and no punishment, however great, will deter that man from stealing, who has no other means of getting food."