Sepphy didn't answer immediately, but she let her eyes lock onto his. Then she answered. "Yes," she said. "People have been hung. The ones who have gone all evil and were guilty of capital offenses, of which there are two. Rape and Murder. People think twice about being that cruel once they know it won't be tolerated. They find more productive ways of dealing with the world around them. And it would just be cruelty in return if we tried to keep them prisoner. We don't have the space, resources and frankly, the way the prison system worked previous to zombies was broken beyond the telling - no one's gonna get treated like that." She was very matter-o-fact with it.
"If you want to think of it as Lord of the Flies, then you're entitled. But the rumor mill has a lot of things to say about a lot of different people and I'm guessing the truth doesn't always match up. I never expect it to, myself."