what are the people in power are supposed to do? I would say maintain the rule of civilised law.

I am aware that the woman did not work alone, I never suggested she did. She however was caught so I just suggested a suitable punishment.

"Deaths in the Bible. God - 2,270,365
not including the victims of Noah's flood, Sodom and Gomorrah, or the
many plagues, famines, fiery serpents, etc because no specific numbers
were given. Satan - 10."