Reply To: If New York were a 'Death Penalty State'……

In the time of the beis hamikdash when beis din tried capital cases, how did the general population react? Did bloodthirsty crowds gather in shuls and write on the blogs of the time to exhort beis din to stone the guy? Did beis din say “what a monster, death”? Perhaps someone who has learned through sanhedrin can enlighten us?