The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-11-27
Or. TRAVIS OF FLINT, HAS SOME
INTERESTING IDEAS ON
PENOLOGY.
FOR PAROLE
SHOULD BE- PUBLISHED.
According to a Recent Report Of the
Banking Commissioners Banks Of
the State Show An In
crease Of Business.
10y Gurd NJ. Hayes

Lansing, Mlcn.-DT, nun IN lTdNlS,
of Flint, one of the members of the
state pardon board has made an ex-
haustive study of the methods Of Sc
curing pardons and paroles in this
state and his ideas along this line
are attracting considerable attention
all over the country from students of
advanced penology.
THE more | see of this work the
more am inclined to favor the full
est publicity in the consideration OF
applications for parole in all public
interest cases, such as murder and
offenses against women and children
said Travis. IL believe the time will
come when a regular legal notice will
be published in the newspapers in the
county where sentence was i'm
posed, informing the public that
hearing on a certain case will be held
on a certain day.
THE question of parole in serious
cases is of vital importance to the
community wheretheoffense was com
mitted The consideration relates to
both society and the individual, and
society together with the trial officials
and warden should be given every op-
portunity to be heard and make rec
concentrations.
THE new penology is based upon
prevention and reformation rather
than force, vengence and all manner
Of attempts to make the penalty fit
the crime. 4, 1t is far more humane
idea than the old system and high
beneficial results have been obtained.
But there is another side to it and
that side is the protection of society.
If society in a certain community is
generally agreed that a certain man
is not fit TO live among other men,
they certainly should be given an op-
portunity to express their belief sup
ported by tangible proof. Publicity
and public hearing permit this ex.
preston.
Il believe that all criminal and
civil judges should be separate in Of
fee. We should teach criminology
In law schools and pave the way for
experts on the criminal bench. Give
the judges more power over the des-
TIMES of the criminals. Provide homes
for children of confirmed criminals.
Adapt treatment to different kinds of
criminals; some need the lunitic asy-
lum, and some need work in the open
air. Attach experts to criminal courts
TO examine and classify criminals. Let
the state compensate for judicial err
ror. If it has prosecuted unjustly let
1t stand the expense.
Provide adequate means for the
study of heridity and environment
and eliminate Anticipated and super
fiuous technicalities that result in the
laws delay"
These things we could do to i'm
prove the condition of first offenders,
those who are not Vicious and who are
! just as much benefited by the treat
ment for their form of illness as is
the consumptive or the rheumatic. We
must not overlook the fact, however,
that prisons will always be necessary
| for the habitual criminal. For after
! all is said and done we will still have
certain offenders who must be treated
as pests to society and confined per
manently for it's protection. The law
less uncorrigibles must be re-
strained. This class must be taught
absolute obedience. After obedience
is impressed upon them there can be
reasonable kindness shown to the ex-
tent OF sympathetic brotherhood. You
cannot feed a mad dog out of your
hand until you have muzzled him, and
pink teas and banquets for murderers
are not just the thing.
Public opinion is growing restless
over the administration of our GRIM
inal laws. The delays in criminal
trials and the miscarriage OF justice,
by reason of the extreme technical
rules of some of the courts; too great
zealousness Of some of the courts to
enforce constitutional or statutory pro-
visions, which are often magnifed SO
as to hamper rather than promote
the attainments of justice, and jury
system that is said, in some cases, to
| permit the rendering or compromised
verdicts against the weight Of evi.
dencs. These are few of the wrongs
that have caused some OF our law
students to declare that the admins
1 trstion of the criminal law is a dis
grace to the nation. This is a radi-
cal statement and we do not wish to
be hasty in conceding that IL is true
but we must not overlook the fact that
in some respects our prodecural sys-
TEN has become Anticipated and does
not Mt modern conditions.
Il have the greatest respect for our
courts and the integrity and efficiency
OF our judiciary generally; that they
hold sacred many Of the ethical tradL
tons OF the law which are based on