I am not any kind of hacker or even a terrible programmer. Just a noob. I am mostly a lurker here. I am not influenced by HN. But I still don't understand how

I am not any kind of hacker or even a terrible programmer. Just a noob. I am mostly a lurker here. I am not influenced by HN. But I still don't understand how hacking is such a serious crime to be punished by death sentence. In fact, there are very very few crimes which deserve death penalty.