The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-12-29

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cl@z1sacy f1- ooaTzcts Is n the courtroom
before Ehe Judge ~ao passes t1le sentence.
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TIE colEacss Gzsg-zcs ard Confinement
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sas mother; and Ire Judge within the la~
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the future pace z19 good order O society.
BIT the trends @ TIE couvIct ere never
cozte-t wit1 tae cEeze1cv q TIE c0z-s:
they take 81 appeal % ths clsIe1ey Of the
governor. aid ove-wzeIE him With pl-l-
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C EAe s0-r0x-s--scxe1 relatives and friends
o. the convict; IL = gwen hin N The siz1-
pc, STEIN execution Of public justice snd
safety. L, after conviction, there shoald
appear any lew evidence which justified
lie opinion that sas oonvict had BEEN
wroagf2lly imprisoned Or convicted Of 3
more heinous oEssnse. CO 3 hignsr degree Of
crime than LIE had really committed, then
and ;aea only shoald the executive, II the
interests q public justice, exercise lis pre-
rogztive q pardon OF CONCENTRATION
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q as syupztaie.. After conviction the
STATE has Nd co1cern With me happiness o.
uuhsppiaess Of tie friends Of the cozFict:
i e only concerned with justice 10 the
coaylcr and 70 the safety and security
Of society, whom that co2yic. wronged
by Ii. crime. Ire pre-ogst5Te OF
pardon cannot Dc justly construed IN the
mitigation Of private so-roE rather than
IN tie TiDGication CT public I1s.see. lie
utter wrong OF s1ch cIs-nency Is clear when
We remember tina. every prison i. full Of
couvic:s who have suffering wives, Or
daughters, OF sisters, Or ol6 fathers and
mothers, whose hearts are beating sgains.
tie walls o. the penitsusizry which Is the
cotan Of the civil corpse OF taei- loved one.
The appeal for c.emeacy must begin and
end before the oo1Et, save where By some
error II Law OF equity the court
and jury have Ero1gh. injustice,
and On no other principle can
the machinery OF criminal justice
be BEAUTIFULLY administered and executed.
! convict Is civic corpse for the time
being and the state has no more concern
win the tears and suffering Of his family
ard friends than the general Of a army
has with the anxiety felt oy the soldiers
friends when he Is ordered 20 charge .
battery. or with the tears and sorroE and
shame Of the man the general ine1oraoly
shoots Is q 6eserter. On sny other prin-
ciple the safety OF the life and property OF
2 state would suffer; the morals Of al
army would be destroyed.
Let IL become understood tina. pardon
can be obtained On the plea tha: the con-
v.ct Is desperately or hopelessly SICK: is
old, inhra, broken n spirit and you have
robbed punishment OF something Of its
best power 70 restrain nan from crime by
tie very responsiveness OF prison life. 4
prison Is q bad place 70 be sick in;
gloomy place 70 die II. and lis repulsive-
ness in this respect Is one Of the mos:
powerful deterreats Of crime. Il should be
understood by men who contemplate
crime that If caught they VIII stay IN
prison until discharged By death or expira-
ton OF sentence, or released because Of
proved miscarriage Of justice; that excep:
for Justices sake there viii be 10 pardon
or Communication Of sentence.