The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-12
NORMAN ROBINSON IN THE ARENA.


HAT incorrgable
lem and this seemingly little rational solution
than when the first ea braw sent brother into his and another
perpetual his stricken
Tho savage settles the matter with tomahawk war club The remedy
bother
brain possible offender cminahy that
Up the Christian and the civilized alike
held substantially idea ai
nun,meut The statutes Of aco and never har the
improvement provision criminal
Roman law and Greek law little better The right which all offenders
poed was the right to be punished Reformation was entirely personal
which theoretically instances possible towhch the law
in capital nsed special obstacles and which special
dpenaion gradually
creeping belief that the criminal classes have rights which society is
respect important
For thousand necessarily conflicting
men have travelled down the centuries medley ncongruus and often
systems the better classes have generally
the elder
idea has the whole dominant and that taking the world together the
reform criminals still rather side issue than object far reaching and
systematic legislative enactment
optimistic penology compelled
methods dealing with criminals unsatisfactory the last
punsments do punish such to be
doers reformation reform The whole thing
in vicious round Of nfam The central idea Of
modern penal syemand certainly venerable ones that in
the world will greatly benefited by shutting its law breakers for
longer period feeding literally giving them period enforced
habits steady after awhile taking off this straight jacket
compulsory morality turning again with improved criminal
skill apptes society in the old
confirmed vice into concentrated
aggregation simply the evil intended remedy The
vct who enters prison cell for the first the result Of some sud
heart better and
his nhbOr would
have finished his life citizen friend and advocate of the
himself entirely environment Sefrespect He
sitting
the that the world all against him his first ofens
likely be his last Every the grim rifecaryng
grow and him. convicted criminal Every object that
his ewes fall upon nen6es the
his breath that he be eks with malaria of
enlisted soldier against right and law and
DEVILS training school The other spirits
wicked than himself all around him. Whatever prison
higher the masony crime Schemes
deeds the good coming when these
pupils depavy shall again make the
wonder this first
out Of prison that
than the hrst?'
this which ordinarily
should
would discharge dishonest clerk for term of ninety days with the distinct
old
though nothing happened The railroad president who should discharge
him hold Of his old throttle
again although his retirement whisky
methods OF holding
meeting the board directors
lawyers people oude that do business that
thngg Must the machinery OF justice
culhyang law breaking instinct
dvy the caught the mehes OF crime
dragging great level
hopeless helpless hostility to socsl order and swf
faults than effective
will yet methods
probably always used
which will be sf
whole problem will ultimately
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