Really? If so thats a bit silly unless I've misread your post. Sure I wouldn't expect a town watch to send out messengers telling the rest of Skyrim that there's a fork thief on the loose but if you go on a killing rampage in a city I would expect the bounty to become province-wide.

well, now you want the game to sqrew everybody that ever commited a crime. Beth is trying to get rid of anything that would force to quit a few levels in. A Permanant -15 health or -20 stamina would piss me off and d-mn sure restart or reload. I think a skill loss is OK, but I had a idea. I played this MMO that gave you a "groggy" defect when you died and respwaned. It would lower your attack and speed for about 5 min. This could be a good effect in game. like when you get out of prison you have a tempolary lack of health, majicka, stamina, attack damage, social skills,ect. Its a good reason to stay out of prison. Makes a good reason to Break out..

"I think they should just lock you in a room with the adoring fan for an hour (real time)."
Now your just hating on me. Games ARE MENT TO BE FUN, not a punishment. thats why the biggest buyer of Xboxes and PS3 arn't prison. jack--s...

Well, jail in rl can be dangerous. So, I think there should be certain dangers in jail that you must deal with wile your serving out your sentence. Wow, this would be awesome!!!! OK, make so you can bribe certain guards for certain things wile in jail. Lets say you get sick wile in jail and need a potion but you have to bribe a guard to bring you the medicine you need or you will die! ^^ Bribe a guard for a lock pick to escape would be cool too. Bribe a guard for some food that aint rotten or what ever.

Yes, yes, yes. Bribery indeed! ^^

One question about break outs is what will they do when they throw you in jail again after break out? Should they be aware that you found a way to slip through?

Also on failing to escape execution, what if you fail to escape? Will you start over from the last save?

you're right - I watched the video again and Todd says there is a "new crime system with different types of jails, so they're not all the same"

He doesn't say there are only 2