[throaway123123]

I don't get how you could even consider execution to be a proper punishment for minor theft.

[porridgeraisin]

Stole something? No problem, just a telling off and compensation suffices. But repeat it 20-30 times? Then everyone's better off with you gone. Especially if it's the violent kind of theft (as opposed to something like pickpocketing)

[Rhetoric "you" above]