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That would indeed be interesting, particularly because it would be a good test of how seriously people take cryonics when they're not motivated to deny the possibility of its success (to explain why they don't want to sign up, or why it wouldn't have been any use in saving the life of a loved one, etc.) — we'd see how many of them seemed to be seriously worried about the death row convicts coming back someday.
Note that from the point of view of deterrent it doesn't mater whether cryonics works or not as long as the criminal believes it will.
True... so anyone who really wants to increase the effectiveness of the death penalty as a deterrent should be promoting atheism. :)
Of course, it's even more effective to promote the belief that sinners will spend eternity burning in hell.
Especially if one also promotes that those executed are instantly sinners.