as much as my heart wants to disagree with paul. he's kinda right people have a tendency to act dumb around stuff like that :'(
Not talking about acting dumb... I mean if we ever got a stockade, everyone & their mother will look for a reason to put someone in it.

The guard will have their hands full trying to deal with all the bodies of people turning up with notes attached to them saying they broke the law & should be put in the stockade.
It'll be something out of a Batman comic. Hundreds of NPC's (and a few PC's) will be found, beaten & tied up... all of them with notes that they should be put in the stockade.
The stockade will be more popular that the Bloody Stump!