Well, actually it would... no 71 virgins as a reward.

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"Dave" wrote in message
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On Mon, 06 Nov 2006 16:12:04 -0500, katy said:

Rather a crude way to die but has a great psychological effect on the
onlookers as a deterrent...

According to Jon, life imprisonment should have greater deterrent effect.