Quote Originally Posted by Knight13 View Post
1) I might be wrong, but I don't think you can steal souls from people that die as part of a scripted sequence, like the execution.
2) To trap a soul the victim has to die while the Soul Trap spell is on them, you can't use it once they're already dead.
3) Casting Soul Trap on someone is considered an attack, so you can't use it in towns without the guards getting pissed at you.
I cast soul trap on dead bodies. My conjuration goes up, my soul gems get filled, and yes, it seems that guards attack me even when I target dead bodies. Oh well.

Alternatively, I'm going to look for dwarven scrap so I can forge dwarven armor. Does anyone know any dwarven quests I can start so that I accomplish them as well while I charge through there.