[Smokin' Joe]

If you want a deterrent, go back to the mongol wishbone tactic. (It's a 4-way split). Televise it. Drawing and quartering is a close second. Burning at the stake gets honorable mention.

Make the end so undesirable the crime doesn't happen.

[Gefn]

I was going to say what you did.

Or better yet. Don’t break the sixth commandment in the first place.

[pepsi_junkie]

If you want a deterrent, go back to the mongol wishbone tactic. (It's a 4-way split). Couldn't beat the Persion's method: scaphism.

You use two stacked boats to make a box sort of like a magician uses to saw a person in half, with head/arms/legs sticking out. You cover the culprit in honey and force him to drink honey and milk until he is ready to burst then you put him in a swamp. The critters then take care of it over a few days. Whoever came up with that one must have been really ticked at the first guy who got this treatment.