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Why did the authorities fail to carry out the death sentence in “Too Dear”? (S2016), Crime, , Sreenivasa Murthy R, Tumakuru, , A murder was committed., , And, , Hitch, , Punishment, , There was neither a guillotine, nor an executioner, , Death sentence (To have his head cut off), , Wrote letters to France and Italy asking for help., Asked the soldiers, to cut off the criminal’s, head, , Soldiers said, they had not, been taught, how to do it., , Italy, , France, , It would cost, 16,000 francs, , It would cost, 12,000 francs, , This was too dear for the kinglet., , So, the death sentence was changed into life imprisonment.