The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-02

NewWay Of Reforming Criminals
Shows Progress Of Penology.
PRISONERS TO be PARDONED
Those Evincing Desire II Reform VIII
BE Released and Offered Every In
ducemeps Ts 20 So.

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ducepaep. 70 20 So.
atlanta. Ga.Ea9sreafter the inmate
Qf the aseokakasn cnffars s'Who' SHOWS
q dIaposition TO refoEm, Will be offered
every induceinent and encouragement
TO do so. a~ 80 - .
Believing that sks ersAaa aits Il. tbe
reformatiop OF crimRals 100
While while holding ,E 9 DslsSnsS
term o s. his saRtapss,. The ieglslatafe,
the, parole bill oifgfed by Mr.. Perso,a1
of A1onroaA:ss. ,e.sS-n
A bill. which wasaf1le basis of the
present Georgia law was:introaaee6s'
AT the extra session. called to considA
mously adoptedis III sbod sas the nlisls
ON commission sepgpaAse the ,Deog8Ba-
nv arrangements 1t will he put. into
eject.
The law opens the door Of hope to-
convicted criminals. 1t provides that
after serving the minimum sentence
fixed by xfw they may be sent out
among free sbhensSsAater a years spror
nation and -obseEwanee Of The terms,
Of their paroles they win be granted
ship. 800 u .aA'ts'
Il places UPON j biiEss6SR commits.
sion the duty ~ antsiAgA NeAy care
atIlly, ipto .thq rQQpAds Of iaAys prisoner
hefofe the commisedonso bhe. Grime or
saaAiSh CONVICTED. and his record I'M
prison, III, the whole beard, should Be-
como CONVINCED that; .:man4 might,
again become 4 dseful and productive.
member q society they may grant
him conditional pardon LIN
The prisoner mus tlshbw .that. he win
he given employIIalf III honest labor.
and win have a good home, or, il un9
able 10 work, that Re will not become
nm object Of public charity. During
the term of his parole he must not
leave the state; burt mist make regular
TepUAs to the commission. -
III a man breaks Me terfnsy of his
paROlR he will be returned to. prison.
and fArced to ,servest1e remainder Of
the term for which be was loriginally
sentenced. An ORDER by the commits
sion for the arrest Of a paroled pris-
Oner becomes a. legal warrant, ana
must be enforced by any police officer
Providing the pfisopeHN justices the
belief of the. commiasibn, helMill, at
the end Of twelve months, receive a.
full pardon from the governor.
The law does not apply to persons
convicted OF treason, arson, rape or as
Sanlt with intel& to.irape. 1t was the
intention of its author TO have it APP
ply 20 those cuIiYcted of other crimes
which led to .lfe'sentences. In such
cases ten years, Saas specified as the
minimum term Of service. : S. =
There are now m the Georgia peni-
tentiary 745 life-serm men. There are
2gS prisoners in for twentwSy 1888
for 6fteensyears, 3t1 for teIE years and
395 for Ave years. hi
While there are. 176 men '.dn the
tGe0FBa penitentiary over so years Of
ave, the men who have spent the long
lest time In prison are. not athe old
meH. A great number Of men who
were sent up in their eighteenth or
twentieth year have served twenty or
thirty years in the pen. The men of
tsS0. 20 and so years of age have in
most instances, served much shorteE
sentences. = s..ss.s. ,sa.,.,Ia
!, Convinced that the men Who h I've
served d life time Of twenty.og thirty
years for crime o. c0Pa q kyA Y we,
.pOrtunity 70 nSqSdSa new ST, in life,
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