The sun., 1905-10-09


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~ Kings suggestion u that tho criminal
should le p~rniitrdto ransom hiu,sef from
the death p-naliy ~ voluntary aubmia-ion
to esperin~n,s ~ . kind calculated 10 In.
crease knowlsdgr with regard 10 the ca,l"ea
~ disease and the operation NJ preventlves
or Of r-mrdirs, or, In other wor'is, that In.
stead ~ leins regarded ~ merely USELESS
carrion hia body should t-s rendered ~ ~
much value 90 mankind ~ that of o guinea
pig or o rabbit 7, might even be Of con.
siderably moro value. becatlas II would adj
NIT of more accurate reproduction of the
morbid conditions against ~hch men have
90 contend II would 10 necessary for the
securing of perfect Justice that the atone.
ment should bear some due proportion TO
the ofense, and that tho pain suffered or
the risks incurred by the criminal or the
mutllations or disab abilities inflicted upon
him should hear some proportion TO what
he himself had done to Others
This point having been ATTENDED to
though what legal machinery could be de-
vised for the purpose we are at loss to
guess tho criminal might be asked, In re-
turn for possible safety, to submit to dan
gers to which some Of the noblest II man
kind have submitted themselves with no
hope Of reward. Nothing more would be
asked Of him than was done by the Ameri-
can soldiers who in full confidence in their
medical officers, consented to sleep in the
beds and bedding vacated by the deceased
victims Of yellow fever or permitted them
selves to be bitten by infected specimens
Of steDomyia in order to afford conclusive
evidence Of the manner In which the disease
was conveyed.
We do not think that on the part OF the
criminal population there would be any
hesitation to avail themselves Of such a
provision Of the law az Dr. King suggests,
SO that the outcry that would follow in
Humanitarian" circles upon any support Of
DR.. Kings ideas would probably be directed
against the cruelty Of q scheme which the
sufferers under the scheme would not them
selves call cruel. The sanctity Of human
life is more recognized to-day than 1t was
in the times Of Herophilus, while the respect
ful treatment of the bodily structure is
more intimately part Of the natural religion
Of all men. Because life is sacred those
who have deprived others Of life pay the
corresponding forfeit-the law is Designed
to be preventive and deterrent rather than
purely punitive. To give the convicted
murderer another chance by inviting him
to undergo scientific experiment would be
to remove a safeguard with which society
cannot yet dispense.