The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-08-27
CRIMINAL CLEMENCY.

President Rooseyes upon necessity of swift justice and
swift punishment for crime preventive OF ynchng deserve the
most hearty acduescene law and order in
He shows how nchng is the direct result OF weak
tard corrupt legal methods But he shows how fearful
cng and teaches how demorazng the whole s-
yncng is He deprecae the ncng method OF punish
ing crime but he realizes that delays in the administration OF Justice are
Of yncng His is plea for the murderer who
should swiftly punished but plea and warning that he should
Take the following The slightest lack of vgor denuncia
bringing criminal justice is itself unparonabe
Every effort should be made under the law to expedite the
and should be addressed to securing such
reforms legal procedure leave vege OF excuse for VIC
lent methods The law must work swiftly and surely and all agents "
the law should realize the they do when they permit justice to be
DELAYED hwared for technical insufficient reasons
few the contention OF all sensible peo-
pie uncertainty the action OF the law which drives into
the illegal action OF Furnishing without the form Of law Not only do
complain OF the laws delays OF the techncates by which Grim
na escape their deserts and of the chances which all on the
side of the criminal but when the has been convicted when the
man G % and there is nofhng harder than to oct twelve men to
there another chance and that irresponsible eNecu
This has ever been awabng community but just so sure
exang legal penalty murder continues and
cuve cemency used nadvisedy just there will time
when men will say here as they say elsewhere th
pended executive emency in and what the law
will take the Furnishing the malefactor hands,
will ynchng Honolulu. President Roosevelt
gives that warning and writers have the Msdrected
cemency the breaking of the law.
The results of laws delays and mistaken cmency bringing about
ynchng evil to the community which they Upon this
again President Roosevelt clearly "Ts of lynch
ing would be terrible thing even stopped with the yncng OF
guilty OF nhumn and hdeous crime but fact does
stop and stop such fashion, The spirit OF awlessne OF
this type with what feeds and when mobs with mpunty
lynch criminals for they certain to begin to lynch real or
When habu
awess bodies avenge crimes Of pecu
ar revolving description other awe bodies will order
to punish crimes of an ordinary type"
This reasoning car-cut and ncise all the Presidents utter
whether they come from tongue He shows the evils
nchng and shows downward which community starts
upon awessnss takes the place of law But closing his
he shows the true OF the awesnes comes
writes he from permitting the law to be dehed or evaded
hard hearted write the above. But it is truth is
based that have been epod weekly
cable 1t hardhead demand that the penalty
should be upon criminal 1t the other hand
demorazng twart the intention of the law and to help on state
things which will undoubtedly awlessne False sympathy
childish phlanhophy dangerous play things They
look pretty for the but they lead results
Nothing could be serious community than
lose confidence the law Furnishing criminals the of
cemency which hwar the of the law its legitimate
conclusion The responsibility for this direction very
serious.