When they stopped hanging people at Tyburn in London, there was a public outcry. The hangings were getting too riotous and the area was going downhill. It's really difficult when someone gets the same punishment (not much) for killing a child with a car that they do for driving into a tree. Oh please can we bring back the stocks! I don't entirely agree with the death penalty, but sometimes I wonder what is the point in paying £30,000/year to keep some people in prison?